Prickly Moses by Simon West
Compelling poems that celebrate language as it encounters the nameless variety of the natural world, from Australia to Italy An uncanny blend of the external and the intimate has been a hallmark of Simon West’s poetry for nearly twenty years. In this new collection, the Australian poet and Italianist delights in the transforming and endlessly varied powers of naming and speaking. West’s intensely regional focus stands in dialogue with Europe and antiquity. Landscapes reveal the tangle of their historical dimensions, as the rivers of both the Goulburn Valley in southeastern Australia and the Po Valley in northern Italy merge and flow into the wider currents of the Southern Ocean. Again and again, language and the senses throw themselves into the nameless riot of the world, from eucalypts and clouds to a medieval bell tower and the sounds a pencil makes as it crosses a page.
"West finds inspiration for his gorgeously detailed poems in the figures and likenesses of nature: a eucalyptus twists ‘like wrist joints in an artist’s portfolio,’ new growth catches ‘the light like a crowd / of scimitars in the breeze’ The Australian poet’s formally engaged, often rhyming verse—sonnets, couplets—reveals a mind nurtured in a Mediterranean climate of classicism."---David Woo, Literary Hub
"It is a handsome book in a distinguished series."---Martin Duwell, Australian Poetry Review
"It is a handsome book in a distinguished series."---Martin Duwell, Australian Poetry Review
Simon West is the author of four previous collections of poetry, including Carol and Ahoy and The Ladder, which was shortlisted for the Australian Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. He is also the author of Dear Muses? Essays in Poetry and the editor and translator of The Selected Poetry of Guido Cavalcanti. He lives in Melbourne, Australia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780691250595 |
| ISBN 10 | 0691250596 |
| Title | Prickly Moses |
| Author | Simon West |
| Series | Princeton Series Of Contemporary Poets |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Year published | 2023-10-10 |
| Number of pages | 72 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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