Delicate Bait: Poems by Roger Mitchell

Delicate Bait: Poems by Roger Mitchell

Authors

Roger Mitchell

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In Delicate Bait, Roger Mitchell explores the small histories of the self in the larger world, intent on giving everything its just place and name. The poems roam over field and seashore and city, “inventing a world so similar to the world itself / it becomes the world.” Whether musing on the past or searching for “something even memory can’t reach,” Mitchell faces up to “the wobble of most things human,” with a combination of stoicism and wonder and a language as supple as the spoken word.

“Not many poets now writing have as wide a range as he does, both in terms of subject matter and form. His poems are rich in detail, masterly in execution, and always a good read. He is savvy about the way we Americans live and tries to make sense of our lives in this moment in history.” —Charles Simic

ISBN

978-1-931968-07-2

Publication Date

Spring 4-1-2004

Publisher

University of Akron Press

City

Akron, Ohio

Keywords

Poetry

Disciplines

Poetry

Delicate Bait: Poems by Roger Mitchell

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