Grandpa's Syllables
by John Oliver Simon
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- Paperback
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0692319131
- ISBN 13
- 9780692319130
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INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR!! Could be mistaken for brand new.
Some turbulent process related to language gave birth to this book, at once a paean to and elegy for the life force embodied in the speaker's granddaughter and muse, Isabella. Working in 11-syllable lines, Simon trains his fierce focus on details small as a spider supping on dew and large as "a cathedral made of salt and bread." The poems are shaped with subtle control, and they move with grace and breathe to a place "where metaphor breaks down, fragrant as compost." I was most happy to be taken there, and you will be, too.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1004
- Title
- Grandpa's Syllables
- Author
- John Oliver Simon
- Book Condition
- New Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0692319131
- ISBN 13
- 9780692319130
- Publisher
- White Violet Press
- Date Published
- 2014
- Pages
- 96
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