In this Book
- Indigo
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: Red Hen Press
summary
Traditionally, the ghazal, an ancient Persian form, has a lot of requirements (couplets, rhyme, refrain), but one specific subject—love. Especially illicit and unattainable love. So what are readers to make of Ron Koertge’s ghazals which are about, among other things, the Seven Dwarfs, Technicolor, and Mothra? Well, you probably can’t beat him, so you may as well join him as—with a white hot imagination and irrepressible and unpredictable lyricism—he bends a few rules and breaks the rest. And yet his subject is still love. But not illicit or unattainable, since what he really loves is language. And language loves him back. There it is on every page, lying at his feet, panting.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- p. 11
- Ultimate Avenue
- p. 57
- Epithalamion
- p. 59
- About the Author
- p. 71
Additional Information
ISBN
9781597093583
Related ISBN(s)
9781597094672
MARC Record
OCLC
867794999
Pages
80
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No