The Man in the Black Coat Turns [Paperback]

Robert Bly (Author)

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A Bouquet Of Ten Roses
The Convict And His Radio
Crazy Carlson's Meadow
The Dried Sturgeon (version A)
Eleven O'clock At Night
Fifty Males Sitting Together
Finding An Old Ant Mansion
For My Son Noah, Ten Years Old
Four Ways Of Knowledge
The Grief Of Men
Kennedy's Inauguration (version A)
Kneeling Down To Peer Into A Culvert
A Meditation On Philosophy
Mourning Pablo Neruda
My Father's Wedding: 1924
The Prodigal Son
A Sacrifice In The Orchard
The Ship's Captain Looking Over The Rail
Snowbanks North Of The House
Visiting Emily Dickinson's Grave With Robert Francis
Visiting The Farallones
What The Fox Agreed To Do: 1
What The Fox Agreed To Do: 2
What The Fox Agreed To Do: 3
What The Fox Agreed To Do: 4
What The Fox Agreed To Do: 5
What The Fox Agreed To Do: 6
Words Rising
Written At Mule Hollow, Utah
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder® --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 62 pages
• Publisher: Harper & Row, Perennial Library; 1st edition (September 14, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 006097186X
• ISBN-13: 978-0060971861
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,424,775 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Man in the Black Coat Still Turns..., March 27, 2011

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Michael P. Naughton "Author of Deathryde: Reb... (Beverly Hills, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Man in the Black Coat Turns (Paperback)

Why this boook does not have any reviews on Amazon addles me, so I guess I will be the first. According to Robert Bly's website:

"This 1981 collection, with its mythological resonance and intricate stanza forms, was one of Bly's most revolutionary in its time. "Black Coat" is the point where Bly's poetry meets his fascination with the male psyche, laying the poetry foundation for his subsequent work with men and his prose work, Iron John."

The poetic themes and prose range from father and son relations to loss and longing.

In the poem "Eleven O'clock at Night" Bly writes: Now more and more I long for what I cannot escape from/The sun shines on the side of the house across the street/Eternity is near, but it is not here.

I personally enjoyed Iron John years ago and found it to be a seminal work at the time and The Man in the Black Coat adumbrates
Bly as the thoughtful poet.