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Azores: Poems Paperback – April 8, 2008

by David Yezzi (Author)

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Like a voyage to the Portuguese islands of the title, the poems in Azores arrive at their striking and hard-won destinations over the often-treacherous waters of experience—a man mourns the fact that he cannot not mourn, a father warns his daughter about harsh contingency, an unnamed visitor violently disrupts a quiet domestic scene. The ever-present and uncomfortable realities of envy, lust, and mortality haunt the book from poem to poem. Yezzi does not shy away from frank assessments of desire and human failing, the persistent difficulties of which are relieved periodically by a cautious optimism and even joy. Whether the poem’s backdrop is volcanic islands in the Mid-Atlantic or Manhattan Island at sunset, Yezzi examines the forces of change in the natural world, as w hether mundane or startlingly intimate. By turns plainspoken, caustic, evocative, and wry, these poems are, in matters of form, well-wrought and musical and, in matters of the heart, clear-eyed and always richly human.

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Product Details

Paperback: 56 pages
Publisher: Swallow Press; 1 edition (April 8, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0804011133
ISBN-13: 978-0804011136
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.4 x 8.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,649,745 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #7878 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Poetry > Regional & Cultural > United States
- #136839 in Books > Literature & Fiction > United States

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Touching on the humor and somberness found in everyday life with an intellectual tint

By Midwest Book Review on July 9, 2008

Format: Paperback

Experienced poet David Yezzi returns with his third anthology of poetry in "Azores". Well-written throughout, touching on the humor and somberness found in everyday life with an intellectual tint, "Azores" is an ideal pick for poetry fans and community library collections. "Tritina for Susannah": The water off these rocks is green and cold./ The sandless coast takes the tide in its mouth,/ as a wolf brings down a deer or lifts its child.// I walked this bay before you were my child./ Your fingers stinging brightly in the cold,/ I take each one and warm it in my mouth.//Though I've known this shore for years, my mouth/ holds no charms of use to you, my child./ You will have to learn the words to ward off cold// and know them cold, child, in your open mouth.

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Fine book by a fine poet

By Ernest Hilbert on April 24, 2008

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Adam Kirsch already said it best: "The sophistication of Mr. Yezzi's language perfectly suits the sophistication of his understanding, and some of the poems in 'Azores'--'Very Like a Whale,' 'Dog's Life,' the brilliant and unexpected dramatic monologue 'The Ghost-Seer--display a mastery reminiscent of Philip Larkin and Donald Justice, which no poet of Mr. Yezzi's generation can match." 'Nuff said!

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Outstanding volume of poetry

By Amazon Customer on April 29, 2012

Format: Paperback

So much modern poetry is obscure, tedious, and obviously written by academics, for academics, usually with political and social axes to grind. I am someone who loves good literature, well-crafted essays, and insightful criticism (especially that found in Mr. Yezzi's The New Criterion.) I don't read a lot of poetry, but do read most of the New Criterion poetry, which is always worth reading. So I was happy to try this volume of Mr. Yezzi's poetry. I was hooked from the first poem.

Bottom line: are you someone who loves to read, loves language, and loves literature -- but who has too often been disappointed by modern poetry? This volume may be for you. See my full review essay here: [...]