WebbRefabulations collects and reanimates the longer poems from Sharon Thesen’s œuvre, ranging from her first book, published in 1980, to today. It is a vital testimony to a life in language, created by a dexterous and renegade poet whose mind is ever at work in the poem. A self-described “receiver,” Thesen energizes her work in the serial poem by … WebbI always thought Of all the great poems in this world, I had to get this one. I hope I'm not too late, and if I am I hope it went well. I think she's talking about her inability to express herself as a woman, and as a human.
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WebbIn a witty indictment of modern life she writes, in the title poem, that "the five most compelling words / are sex, free, cure, money, and baldness, / a chain of conditions ranging from heaven to hell." Her poems critique the consumer culture—"there's nothing to eat / but images to hunger for"—but not in the usual well-worn and easy ways. WebbThe fonds documents Sharon Thesen’s personal and professional life as a poet, editor, and professor from 1961 to 1989. All records in the fonds wer... Sharon Thesen fonds - … tas youth justice reform
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WebbThe long poem, nowadays, is the talk of various discourses with each other:  A poem is a small painting, a long poem is a mural."The second edition of The New Long Poem Anthology is an irreplaceable roadmap of a vital and powerful poetic form, a record of the most seductive and sustained  singing talk" in postmodern Canadian writing. Edited by … Webb24 jan. 2024 · Episode 22: Dylan Thomas’s A Refusal to Mourn the Death, By Fire, of a Child in London. This poem, from the Remembrance section of the Art of Losing, and one of … Webb“Sheri Benning's poems are born alive on the page; they're surprising, fresh, evocative of prairie landscape and bursting with emotional intelligence. I feel both smarter and wiser after entering her world…” - Susan Musgrave Winter Sleep Written & Produced by Sheri Benning Directed by Chad Galloway & Heather Benning Notes on Field Requiem tasys cuxhaven