Poetry. "Tim Seibles' version of our changing and growing American speech range widely, from anguish to comedy, from transcendence to earthly bewilderment. The joy of reading these poems is like overhearing a very smart, crazy neighbor's thoughts as they move between philosophical inquiry and praise for the everyday"--Li-Young Lee.
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"Tim Seibles will get you in his hammerlock and won't let you go till he has taken you into the center of American politics and pop culture, the minds of birds, the Tao te Ching, your body, your so-called color, your so-called race. He lights up everything he touches like the candle at the heart of the lantern. A houseful of voices speaks through him in language so tenable, you'll at times feel bruised, at times made love to. I read a lot of poetry. I've never read poetry like this." --Reginald McKnight
"Tim Seibles' version of our changing and growing American speech range widely, from anguish to comedy, from transcendence to earthly bewilderment. The joy of reading these poems is like overhearing a very smart, crazy neighbor's thoughts as they move between philosophical inquiry and praise for the everyday." --Li-Young Lee
"Tim Seibles' version of our changing and growing American speech range widely, from anguish to comedy, from transcendence to earthly bewilderment. The joy of reading these poems is like overhearing a very smart, crazy neighbor's thoughts as they move between philosophical inquiry and praise for the everyday." --Li-Young Lee
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Tim Seibles is the author of four books of poetry, including Hurdy-Gurdy(Cleveland State University Poetry Center,1992),Kerosene(Ampersand Press,1995), and Ten Miles an Hour(Millie Grazie Press,1998). He is a former NEA fellow and the recipient of an Open Voice Award. His work has been featured in anthologies such as Verse and Universe, In Search of Color Everywhere, New American Poets of the 90's, A Way Out of No Way, and Outsiders. He is a visiting member of Antioch University's MFA Program in Los Angeles. He lives in Norfolk, Virginia, where he teaches in the MFA program at Old Dominion University.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Poetry is not dead after all,
This review is from: Hammerlock (imagination Series Vol. 3) (Imagination Ser. Vol. 3) (Imagination Ser. Vol. 3) (Imagination Ser. Vol. 3) (Imagination Ser. Vol. 3) (Paperback)
After hearing Mr. Seibles read some of his poetry at my college, I knew I had to get one of his books. This was it, and it turned out to be the best new poetry I've read in awhile. Unlike other prominent modern poets who happen to belong to racial minorities, Seibles doesn't try to portray the world from a specific point of view based on his personal experiences as a black man. Instead he uses references from all of the pop culture of the last 30 years or so to write about things that everyone can relate to. The end result is a wonderful collection that shows that even today valid poetry can be extracted from the mundane.
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A Book you can feel,
By Jay Jay (Norfolk, Virginia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hammerlock (imagination Series Vol. 3) (Imagination Ser. Vol. 3) (Imagination Ser. Vol. 3) (Imagination Ser. Vol. 3) (Imagination Ser. Vol. 3) (Paperback)
One of the things about this author's style is the unique alive sassiness of the poetry. Along with a deep sense of the poem's emotional magnitude.
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They believe that if they remain frightened enough for long enough things won't happen. Read the first page New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
They believe that if they remain frightened enough for long enough things won't happen. Read the first page New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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