Genre: | Poetry |
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Language : | English |
Published: | January 01, 2017 |
Edition: | 2nd |
Paperback | |
ISBN13: | 9780143428824 |
ISBN10: | 0143428829 |
Pages: | 224 |
Dimensions: | 5.51 x 8.66 x 0.79 inches |
Weight: | 235.3 g |
A king decrees that all humans be skinned alive. A man runs from words that hound him like a pack of wolves. A legion of white snakes sweeps across a land blighted by drought. A beleaguered soul laments the loss of a homeland. A coward's many virtues are lauded to disturbing effect.
By turns passionate, elegiac, angry, tender, nightmarish and courageous, the poems in Songs of a Coward weave an exquisite tapestry of rich images and turbulent emotions. Written during a period of immense personal turmoil, these verses are an enduring testament to the resilience of an imagination under siege and the liberating power of words in one's darkest moments.