Door to Door by Robert Thomas

Door to Door by Robert Thomas

Winner of the 2001 Poets Out Loud Prize, Door to Door ranges from the wry romance of Changing the Oil (You make love the way you change the oil in your Oldsmobile) to the salesman in the title poem who sees what the glacier sees in the onslaught of spring. The poems stand at the crossroads of mystery and love, hoping to trade their soul for Federico Garc a Lorca's guitar, or perhaps Jimi Hendrix'.

Door to Door leaves me speechlessI find myself looping back again and again as I read, wanting both to grasp and savor Thomas's lush lines. His maniforld details limn the spiritual in the erotic and, perhaps more crucial, the erotic in the spiritual. (—North American Review) His poems are pitched instead at an informal level that is at once colloquial and nuanced, and capable of handling classical subjects as well as popular culture. (—Shenandoah) ...was chosen by Yusef Komunyakaa as winner of the Poets Out Loud Prize. (—New England Review) "This is a fresh, inventive, and moving book. The speaker here enters into a world, exploring, with an engaging openness and fullness of detail, a range of perspectives different from his own. At the same time, he acknowledges wishes the world can never fulfill, wishes he presents with a witty and exuberant loyalty. The dialogue that results is richly engaging."---—Carl Dennis, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Robert Thomas has always loved working with his hands, designing and creating. Once he decided to make a career of blacksmithing, Robert set out on a three year journey to immerse himself in the craft. Robert attended The National School of Blacksmithing in Hereford, England, the top blacksmith school in the world, where he studied both traditional and artistic blacksmithing. He has forged with renowned metal artists in much of Europe, the United States, and the Middle East, receiving multiple awards for his work along the way. Utilizing this specialized schooling and international training in forging metal, Robert has fused his passion for ironwork and eye for aesthetics to create beautiful compositions that can be seen all over the world. With full engagement in the process start to finish, Robert enjoys collaborating with his clients to design and produce quality works of architecture, sculpture, furniture, lighting, and a diverse collection of custom pieces. In 2013, Robert founded Robert Thomas Iron Design, a custom ironwork workshop and studio based in Charleston, South Carolina. Robert brought together a team of exceptional blacksmiths with specialized skill sets to take on some of the most complex ironwork projects in the country.

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ISBN 13	9780823222339
ISBN 10	0823222330
Title	Door to Door
Author	Robert Thomas
Series	Poets Out Loud
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Fordham University Press
Year published	2002-01-01
Number of pages	104
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.