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Overview
Siena Press presents "CARMINA: The Nomad Odes, the follow-up collection of poetry from poet Juan-Paolo Perre, author of the Legacy Poetry Prize-winning book, "A Confederacy of Joy". A highly-anticipated collection of lyric poetry issuing forth from the spiritual and geographic nomad, the restless seeker, the human being, sometimes exalted and other times unworthy and disappointing; negotiating the journey of his emotional and intellectual lives and the dilemma of confronting those parts of him against the unforgivingly stark and concrete world in which we live and in spite of it all, insistent on somehow finding hope and transcendent beauty in everything.
Taking a cue from the beloved poet, Pablo Neruda (to whom this book is dedicated), Perre finds aching beauty in things both sacred and profane, universally exalted and the mundane commonplace - as subjects for each ode. In his deft treatment each ode becomes a song, a declaration, a chant, a truth set to the soul's music.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780996062138 |
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Publisher: | Siena Press |
Publication date: | 09/24/2020 |
Pages: | 84 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.17(d) |
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Table of Contents
CARMINA
The Nomad Odes
PREFACE.
FORWARD. The Muses Ode to Her Nomad Poet
PROEM. A Nomad's Ode to His Muse
A Nomad's Ode to...
I. The Nomad 1
II. Place 2
III. The Shining Sun 4
IV. Life Itself 5
V. Imagination 7
VI. Heaven 8
VII. Egg Salad Sandwiches 9
VIII. The Light in February 10
IX. The Pomegranate 11
X. Romance 14
XI. The Outsider 15
XII. The Spider 18
XIII. Artichoke 20
XIV. Melancholy 22
XV. Fame 24
XVI. Crying 25
XVII. For Palestine 27
XVIII. Being Too Long in One Place 30
XIX. Impending Travel 32
XX. Shame 35
XXI. Being Human 36
XXII. Vacation 38
XXIII. The Clothesline 39
XXIV. Silence 42
EPILOG. Gladly, I Have No Choice 51
BIOGRAPHY. 53