Beauties of the Octagonal Pool
| By: | Gregory O'Brien |
| Publisher: | Independent Publishers Group (Chicago Review Press) |
| Print ISBN: | 9781869405793 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781775580232 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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Making unexpected connections, this book collects poems written from a variety of times, locations, and experiences—from the water frontage of Fiji, Fiordland, and the Mediterranean to the built history of Moscow and Berlin. Filled with a thoughtful musicality, a shambling romance, and a sense of humor, these witty and imaginative poems tell stories that range from a mechanical rat on Raoul Island to a black negligée and an ice-cream vendor in Moscow, and from a mayor and the Mistral in France to a new musical sound in New Zealand. Engaging and lively, this compilation highlights the persistent self-consciousness about the relationship between language and the world.