The latest collection of poems by the acclaimed author of Iron John. In this first gathering of all-new work in nine years, Bly enters the political landscape, speaking of the greed that has firmly established itself in this country since the Reagan/Bush years.
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"I can live and die with no more/Fame," writes Bly who, in the nine years since his last poetry collection, has become a best-selling author (Iron John, LJ 11/15/90), TV celebrity, and guru of the men's movement. He needn't worry, since it's likely that this text will neither augment nor diminish his long-assured reputation as an influential postwar poet. Still drawing on the "granary of images"-bones, hawks, and black sun-and the rituals of dance and evocation reminiscent of his shamanistic early work, Bly offers oracular pronouncements ("Some ill-smelling, libidinous, worm-shouldered/Deep reaching desirousness rules the countryside") and sage advice ("Let heaven and earth go their ways"). In many respects the diction is Yeatsian, but it somehow lacks momentum; and though the motions Bly goes through are colorful, they are motions just the same. Intriguing moments aside, this work rarely rises above it precedents.
Fred Muratori, Cornell Univ. Lib.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Fred Muratori, Cornell Univ. Lib.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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The latest collection of poems by the acclaimed author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Iron John.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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