What happens at the very moment when thought moves from the banal and everyday into the oblique and odd? In drift, Kevin Connolly investigates this mysterious mental realm that all of us tend to find ourselves in from time to time. Examining the moment when one thought collides into another, Connolly incorporates into his poems such witty, joyous ideas as a meditation on the business end of a sea cucumber and a world in which disfigured historical celebrities are left to wander the consumer grid. Constantly juxtaposing opposites to delightful effect, drift meanders into, in Connolley's own words, a place where "what starts the heart stops the world."
Drift: Poems
and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle.
Learn more
| |||||||||||||||
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
Review
"Anguish, mockery, the simple, searing truth of being and essence: these are some of the components of Kevin Connolly's astonishing and absolute poetry. . . . These poems are what the Cyclone is to Coney Island -- what poetry, at its thrilling, unsettling best, should be." -- Trillium Award jury citation for drift
"Kevin Connolly invites readers to step beyond the usual bounds of the lyric, even as it presents the illusion of lyric poetry. . . drift is funny, yes, but the humour is cutting; it knows too well what its final line says: 'What starts the heart stops the world.'" -- Edmonton Journal
"Peppered with recognizable forms and diction, yet distinctly different in tone and content, drift sets Kevin Connolly apart from his contemporaries as a poet who unexpectedly delights in toying with reader expectations." -- Globe and Mail
"Though I'm not usually a fan of poetry too full of wordplay, Connolly (like Paul Muldoon) is one who can pull it off. But his sense of play goes beyond silliness. The poems that result, though completely contemporary, are ageless." -- subTerrain
"Whitman established his individuality by incorporating multitudes. Connolly, on the other hand, lives in a world where it's nearly impossible to be an individual. Everyone represents everyone else -- everything reflects everything, every day another building of mirrors goes up -- and everyone, rather than containing multitudes, has become contained by multitudes." -- Chicago Review
"Kevin Connolly invites readers to step beyond the usual bounds of the lyric, even as it presents the illusion of lyric poetry. . . drift is funny, yes, but the humour is cutting; it knows too well what its final line says: 'What starts the heart stops the world.'" -- Edmonton Journal
"Peppered with recognizable forms and diction, yet distinctly different in tone and content, drift sets Kevin Connolly apart from his contemporaries as a poet who unexpectedly delights in toying with reader expectations." -- Globe and Mail
"Though I'm not usually a fan of poetry too full of wordplay, Connolly (like Paul Muldoon) is one who can pull it off. But his sense of play goes beyond silliness. The poems that result, though completely contemporary, are ageless." -- subTerrain
"Whitman established his individuality by incorporating multitudes. Connolly, on the other hand, lives in a world where it's nearly impossible to be an individual. Everyone represents everyone else -- everything reflects everything, every day another building of mirrors goes up -- and everyone, rather than containing multitudes, has become contained by multitudes." -- Chicago Review
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not Clever or Hilarious,
By J Scott L (Ventura, CA USA) - See all my reviews
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Drift: Poems (Paperback)
Although there are three blubs on the back cover of this book laudings its
"hyperliterate wit" I found nothing even mildly amusing and I do read a lot of contemporary poetry. I've read at least ten books in the last three months. Compared to Bob Hicock or Dean Young or Joshua Clover or Steve Venright or anyone else I've read recently, but for a few pieces this writing left me cold.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
It's all so glamorous - the waiters, the bookkeepers, the chandeliers, the rock stars reviewing the Best Westerns of the Arctic Circle. Read the first page New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
It's all so glamorous - the waiters, the bookkeepers, the chandeliers, the rock stars reviewing the Best Westerns of the Arctic Circle. Read the first page New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 34
books:
See all 34 books this book cites
- Selected Poems (Fyfield Bks.) by Thomas Gray in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Valley in the Midst of Violence: Selected Poems 1955-1985 by Gosta Agren in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Selected Poems by Osip Mandelstam in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Ten days that Shook the World (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin) by John Reed in Back Matter
- Hints to Pilgrims by James Tate in Back Matter
See all 34 books this book cites
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
