The Year of the Olive Oil

by Charles North

Poetry. "Charles North writes urban idylls: fragments of perceptions, things seen and thought about: 'Exfoliating the leather of a wallet stuffed with dry goods.' Wit is never distant from the scenes he invents, a metaphysical wit suggestive of Marvell, and one that is not satirical, but informed with pity. His joy in words, and the things words adumbrate, is infectious: we catch a contagion of enlightenment. To me, he is the most stimulating poet...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 091461066X
• ISBN13: 9780914610663
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Hanging Loose Press
• Length: 75 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 8.1"