Winner of the 2001 Poets Out Loud Prize, Door to Door ranges from the wry romance of Changing the Oil(You make love the way you change the oil in your Oldsmobile) to the salesman in the title poem who sees what the glacier sees in the onslaught of spring.The poems stand at the crossroads of mystery and love, hoping to trade their soul for Federico Garc¡a Lorca's guitar, or perhaps Jimi Hendrix'.
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"A ravishing poetry that heralds the return of beauty from long exile, to a world intensified by art." -- Eleanor Wilner
"Robert Thomas strives to unveil the mystery." -- Publishers Weekly
"The poems in this brilliant and urgent first collection traverse the territory between feverish delirium and remarkable sanity." -- Laura Kasische
"There's a lushness of language and imagination in these poems beside which much American poetry can seem drab and utilitarian" -- Tony Hoagland
"This is a fresh, inventive, and moving book." -- Carl Dennis
An "accomplished and remarkably promising first collection of poems ... intensely intimate lyricism ... clear abundance of talent." -- Meridian Magazine, Fall/Winter 2002
DOOR TO DOOR leaves me speechless. Manifold details limn the spiritual in the erotic and the erotic in the spiritual. -- North American Review, September-October 2003
Relies on the power of the unusual juxtaposition and a striking lyricism that sends a shiver along the sacral vertebra. -- Literal Latte, Vol. 8, No. 2
Robert Thomas has written an admirable book...a distinctive voice that examines the ordinary outside the boundaries of the conventional. -- Chelsea 75, 2003
Thomas leaves you awestruck at his variety, spontaneity, tonal changes from high formal to mock outrage, humor and arcane information. -- Brendan Galvin, Shenandoah, Winter 2003 --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
"Robert Thomas strives to unveil the mystery." -- Publishers Weekly
"The poems in this brilliant and urgent first collection traverse the territory between feverish delirium and remarkable sanity." -- Laura Kasische
"There's a lushness of language and imagination in these poems beside which much American poetry can seem drab and utilitarian" -- Tony Hoagland
"This is a fresh, inventive, and moving book." -- Carl Dennis
An "accomplished and remarkably promising first collection of poems ... intensely intimate lyricism ... clear abundance of talent." -- Meridian Magazine, Fall/Winter 2002
DOOR TO DOOR leaves me speechless. Manifold details limn the spiritual in the erotic and the erotic in the spiritual. -- North American Review, September-October 2003
Relies on the power of the unusual juxtaposition and a striking lyricism that sends a shiver along the sacral vertebra. -- Literal Latte, Vol. 8, No. 2
Robert Thomas has written an admirable book...a distinctive voice that examines the ordinary outside the boundaries of the conventional. -- Chelsea 75, 2003
Thomas leaves you awestruck at his variety, spontaneity, tonal changes from high formal to mock outrage, humor and arcane information. -- Brendan Galvin, Shenandoah, Winter 2003 --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Winner or the 2000 POETS OUT LOUD PRIZE, Fordham University!
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Robert Thomas creates a breathtaking manuscript here. His poems weave together the everyday and the esoteric. They are infused with both realism and mysticism. This book is a must-have for any contemporary poet, or anyone who is interested in religion. Subject matter is quite diverse. I can't reccomend this book enough. His poem "Foxfire" is breathtaking. He's the kind of poet who makes you want to investigate your own world. Gorgeous.
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