How We Spent Our Time: Poems by Vern Rutsala

How We Spent Our Time: Poems by Vern Rutsala

Authors

Vern Rustala

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These poems are conversational but endlessly skillful in the ways that keep the language vivid and fresh and surprising; they are equally skillful in the ways they evoke so much that is elemental, and essential, about our lives. As I read them again, the feeling I get is something like a pang of satisfaction. This is what it it's like, I believe, to be a fully living, thinking, feeling human being. This is what Auden meant when he described poetry as 'the clear expression of mixed feelings.' This is why we read. How We Spent Our Time is flush with pangs and satisfactions, abundant with wisdom and delight. Read it and see. —Robert Wrigley

ISBN

978-1-931968-28-7

Publication Date

Winter 1-1-2006

Publisher

University of Akron Press

City

Akron, OH

Keywords

Poetry

Disciplines

Poetry

How We Spent Our Time: Poems by Vern Rutsala

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