Shouting Down the Silence: Verse Poems, 1988-2001 [Paperback]

Morton Marcus (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2002

In his first book of verse poems since 1988, Morton Marcus shows the variety of moods, range of subject matter, and striking imagery that have characterized his poetry from the start. His imaginative leaps become somersaults of language through which he lands on both feet in the everyday world, engaging the most salient aspects of the human condition. Since 1988, Marcus has published two books of prose poems, but he has continued to write his most private meditations, many of which make up the contents of this volume, in verse. Divided into four sections, Shouting Down the Silence begins with personal memories of childhood and adulthood, and in Part 2 examines the poet's travels in the Balkans and Greece. Part 3 is a selection from a sequence of anecdotal pieces about great artists, and the last section is a potpourri of other poems composed during the last thirteen years.

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"...like Peguy or Jacob, [Marcus] gets to the light by tearing up the universe in ecstatic dance." -- Andrei Codrescu,

"..Some of the best prose poems published today" -- Peter Johnson, critic

"His is a special empathy... Our souls need more poems like his." -- Robert Peters,

"[Marcus] is one of the most readable and moving poets of our generation." -- Charles Simic, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for

"these are songs to our common humanity, in a language accessible and true." -- Kim Addonizio, poet

...these are songs to our common humanity, in a language accessible and true. -- Kim Addonizio, poet

He is one of the most readable and moving poets of our generation. -- Charles Simic

His is a special empathy... Our souls need more poems like his. -- Robert Peters, Kayak

About the Author

MORTON MARCUS is the author of eight volumes of poetry and one novel, among them The Santa Cruz Mountain Poems, Pages from a Scrapbook of Immigrants, and When People Could Fly. He has published over 400 poems in literary journals, and has had work selected to appear in more than 76 anthologies in the United States, Europe and Australia. His ninth book, Moments Without Names: New & Selected Prose Poems, was published earlier this year as part of the Marie Alexander Series of White Pine Press.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 104 pages
• Publisher: Donald S. Ellis (October 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0887394531
• ISBN-13: 978-0887394539
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,829,420 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Storytellers journey, November 11, 2002

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This review is from: Shouting Down the Silence: Verse Poems, 1988-2001 (Paperback)

a deeply touching book of poems , so needed in these days. Marcus' work, takes off on a great journey of storytelling, and never forgets to invite us along on the trip. Buy this book or any of his others, for everyone you know.They will thank you for it.