Whomp and Moonshiver (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780918526311)

The prevalence of a loose 'naturalness' in contemporary poetry has made the ordinary reader a poor critic when he encounters meter, rhyme, and the like; he can't well distinguish the honest, functional use of such a means from a frilly and obtrusive formalism, and that's too bad. Still, it would take a very ordinary reader to find a culpable artificiality in Thomas Whitbred's poems. Their language has a supple openness, as of an amiable and intelligent man talking; both in its playfulness and in its gravity, it avoids the stagey; and it easily enlists any suitable form in the pursuit and sharpening of its point. - Richard Wilbur

Author: Thomas Whitbread
ISBN-10: 0918526310
ISBN-13: 9780918526311
Publisher: BOA Editions
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1994
Pages: 71
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 8.74h x 5.70w x 0.26d