Watching Wisteria [Hardcover]

Duane Locke (Author)

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An Abandoned Warehouse At Cedar Key
The Camera Di Psiche, Palazzo Del Te, Mantova
Childhood Impression, Tampa
Chinese Yu Vessel
Class Reunion
A Composer For Prepared Piano Writes To A Representational Painter
Contrasts
The Dwarf
Edict Of Milan, Circa 300 Ad
An Edwardian Lady
Eleonora Of Toledo
An Employee Of The Bureau Of Gerontology
The End Of Something
Fences
Jan Vermeer, The Artist In His Studio, Vienna Kuntsthistorishches...
A Kingfisher Over A North Carolina River
Life Imitates Art
Love In The 'eighties
Ludwig 2
Migrations And Myths
A Neoteric, The Nemesis
New Altars
Out In A Pasture
The People And The Terrorist
A Philosopher Eating A Lobster
Post Office
Procession In Pisa
Repainted For Quick Sale
The Repaired Venus
A Return To The 'eighties
Roman Summer
Tanagers
Trestle
An Umbrella Leaf
Venus
Venus And Adonis
Vienna Woods, 1903
White Tree By The Gulf
Winter
With Byron At Diodati
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Vida Pub (December 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 096325474X
• ISBN-13: 978-0963254740
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,226,655 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars MOMENTS OF BRILLIANCE, April 17, 2001

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Tim Peeler "tpeeler" (Hickory, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Watching Wisteria (Hardcover)

Duane Locke of Tampa, Florida, has made the jump from hard copy to cyberspace as successfully as any poet. Roll the search engines and you will be amazed at the sheer abundance of what they sniff out.

WW was published in 1995 a few years before Locke began to float his work on our screens. This book reveals a man who is a true master at the art of imagistic poetry. Many of the poems like "Trestle," "White Tree by the Gulf," and "The Dwarf" deliver a solid concrete image in every line. The rhythm and language are also strong.

On the other hand, this book contains poems that though well-written and intellectual in nature are just not interesting. Beyond this, there are a few like "The End of Something" and "Love in the Eighties" that are self-absorbed and arrogant. These poems, so typical of the kind of academic drivel that has driven readers away from the genre, greatly detract from the effect of this book. Locke is clearly a genius, and with his vast experience in both academia and the arts, should know better.

Fortunately, Locke finishes strong with a final series of poems which return the reader to his best image-driven work.