fluttertongue 4: adagio for the pressured surround

fluttertongue 4: adagio for the pressured surround

by Steven Smith
fluttertongue 4: adagio for the pressured surround

fluttertongue 4: adagio for the pressured surround

by Steven Smith

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Overview

Fluttertongue 4: adagio for the pressured surround is poetry at its most eloquent. In this long poem, Smith imagistically evokes birds and plants, physical torture, and human relationships, as he delves into the meaning of words and ponders language itself. In this sometimes personal, sometimes documentary, work, Smith references a wide range of subjects, including science, fishing, and other poets and artists—Canadian and international. Themes that run throughout the book include death, food, and Smith's relationships with his father and his son. This sometimes dark, sometimes humorous, poetic work explores the possibilities and nuances of language, and seeks to find a form of expression outside of free verse and prose, with a meditative pace. Smith's tendency to dart in and out of ideas and concepts is delicately balanced by echoes and recurrences, and his quest to explore and expand, for himself, the possibilities of poetry.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781897126127
Publisher: NeWest Publishers, Limited
Publication date: 03/01/2007
Series: Fluttertongue
Pages: 128
Product dimensions: 5.25(w) x 8.75(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Steven Ross Smith writes poetry, prose and explores the realms of sound and performance poetry. A founding editor of Underwhich Editions, he is an innovator at the level of process and in the resulting manifestations, on and off the page. He has published, by performance or in print, in England, Holland, the USA, and Canada. His published books include, among others, Ritual Murders (Turnstone Press), Blind Zone (Aya Press), Lures and Transient Light (The Mercury Press).

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