Upcycling Paumanok (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781939574152)

In Upcycling Paumanok, Ned Balbo shows how the currents of mid-century memory connect to our contemporary moment. Despite archaic oracles and architecture's visionaries, time refuses to yield its secrets, though love impels us toward renewal and a future unforeseen. Popular culture and history - Winsor McCay, Jack Kirby, The Poseidon Adventure, Times Square, evolution, neuroscience - provide a backdrop that Balbo depicts with tenderness and humor. A rondel, a terzanelle, a poem in rhyme royal, a rondeau redoublé, a curtal sonnet, and more are among the masterfully metrical forms encountered along the way, while "The Woods" - a suburban pastoral and wide-ranging meditation - is a moving example of Balbo's eye for period detail and the restless imagination he brings to every poem.

Author: Ned Balbo
ISBN-10: 1939574153
ISBN-13: 9781939574152
Publisher: Measure Press Inc.
Language: English
Published: 05/29/2016
Pages: 98
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d