The Silent Partner (Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize Library) [Paperback]

Greg Williamson (Author)

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...and Echo
Annual Returns
Belvedere Marittimo
Black Sand Beaches
Bradley Woodhouse
The Carpenters
Chant Royal
Chestnut Street
The Counterfeiter
Cross Country
The Dial Tone
Drawing Hands
Eye Strain
Fields Of Vision
Figures Of Speech
In The Shield Of Athena
Italics, Mine
Junkyard
Labor Day
Lost At Sea
The Man In The Window
Mister Man Of Snow
Monk's Work
The Mysterious Stranger
Narcissus...
Nature Poem
Neighboring Storms
On The International Date Line
Ornamental Motif
Outbound
The River-merchant's Wife: A Letter
Smoke Signals
Speaking Of Trees
Story And Song
Taxidermy
Three Manuals: 1. The Solo Organ
Three Manuals: 2. The Choir Organ
Three Manuals: 3. The Great Organ
Up In The Air
Walter Parmer
Waterfall
You Are Here
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Product Details

• Paperback: 88 pages
• Publisher: Story Line Press (June 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1885266111
• ISBN-13: 978-1885266118
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,178,172 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Distinctive New Voice in Poetry, September 14, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Silent Partner (Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize Library) (Paperback)

The poems in this volume are rare in contemporary poetry in that they manage to be both clever and moving at the same time. Williamson writes adeptly in regular meter and rhyme, and his take on the world is fresh and often surprising.

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clever, sophisticated and funny, November 3, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Silent Partner (Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize Library) (Paperback)

These make me think of snow globes, delightful little worlds in miniature. The topics are clever - the unrecognized artistry of a counterfeiter; the abstract beauty of the world as seen through someone who needs glasses; the historic significance of junkyards full of cars. Because the poems are personal this book would make a nice gift.

1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Poetry That Rhymes and Makes Sense!, December 14, 2000

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This review is from: The Silent Partner (Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize Library) (Paperback)

Following in the grand tradition of New Formalist poets, the author brings his unique contribution to the forefront of poetry that should be read and re-read today. Harking back to Thomas Hardy, W.B.Yeats, Robert Frost,Walter de la Mare, John Masefield, W.H.Auden, A.E.Housman and carrying forward in the footsteps of modern greats like Richard Wilbur, Gjertrud Schnackenburg, Elizabeth Jennings,A.E.Stallings, Dana Gioia,and John Hollander, Mr. Williamson shows he is a poet that is to reckoned with. Although technical prowess is only a necessary, not a sufficient condition to be counted with the masters, Greg is well on his way with the poems selected here. Favorites include Counterfeit and Winter. It would be an even greater tribute to his skill to see some villanelles and sonnets in his next collection. A must have addition to the poetic repertoire of what Yeats called 'words set to life's music'.