Title
Delicate Bait: Poems by Roger Mitchell
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Description
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
Recommended Citation
Mitchell, Roger, "Delicate Bait: Poems by Roger Mitchell" (2004). University of Akron Press Publications. 83.
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