Speak Their Names, Once More: 77 New Poems (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781719146357)

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Speak Their Names, Once More: 77 New Poems

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Speak Their Names, Once More: 77 New Poems

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Format: Paperback
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I have taken joy in the Great Tradition, both in reading and writing. But I am not an exemplar by which that tradition can be judged. I simply do not rank. Judge based on the masters. My personal love is the poetry of William Butler Yeats, one of the last poets in the Great Tradition, the last of the Romantic school, the last Romantic poet to be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1923. If my verse has a significance, it is in suggesting to readers, perhaps aspiring new poets, that a degree of competence in verse forms can give energy and artistic structure to subjects from Facebook to the Las Vegas shootings of 2017 to classic themes of love, science, music, reflection on history, and reflection on death. It can begin to raise writing to the level of poetry; there is no other way to scale that height. A poet will come among us and his work in the Great Tradition will cast a light like no other on who we are, what we have cherished, and what our fate may be. Until then, I invite the reader to explore, with me, the sense of sound and how sound makes sense.

Author: Walter Donway
ISBN-10: 1719146357
ISBN-13: 9781719146357
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 05/13/2018
Pages: 148
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.46lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.32d
By Walter Donway
By Walter Donway
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This is the third collection of poetry by Walter Donway. Earlier volumes were Touched by Its Rays (2013) and How Glad I Am for Man, Tonight (2015). Walter Donway is a professional writer and editor who founded and edited the quarterly journal Cerebrum: The Dana Forum on Brain Science under the editorial eagle eye of the legendary language maven, William Safire. His work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Commonwealth, Iowa Review, The New Individualist, Cosmopolitan, Medical World News, Newsday and Occasional Review, to name a few. He is a contributor to Poet's House in New York City and a member of the East End Poets. He divides his time between New York City and East Hampton on Long Island. Other books by Walter Donway include four novels, two memoirs, a collection of shorts stories and personal essays, and two books on political economics and politics. His Amazon page is www.amazon.com/author/walterdonway. With thanks to friend and colleague, Donna F. Paris, contributing editor to "Savvy Street," for copy editing this book.

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