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Useless Landscape, Or A Guide For Boys (2012)

by D.A. Powell(Favorite Author)

4.04 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1555976050 (ISBN13: 9781555976057)

languge

English

genre

Poetry

publisher

Graywolf Press

review 1: Separated into two parts, this collection is exactly what its title says. The first part uncovers, discovers, and recovers landscapes in "Useless Landscapes." The poems incorporate imagery and natural imagery. They make a rugged landscape themselves, each poem's structure unlike the others surrounding it. Some poems have pop culture allusions while others seem to reside in D. A. Powell's personal history. The second part offers instructions, process, and outcomes in "A Guide For Boys." Here the true speaker found in Powell's other collections comes forth, focusing on relationships a boy has with nature, other boys, careers, and women, or men. The two halves balance each other with intermingled tones of serious, sarcastic, and light. A good ... moreread.
review 2: It is rare that I find a collection of poetry which I love in its entirety. The best I can usually hope for is three or four individual poems--and a few more lines or stanzas--that move me. These I copy into a word document for further reflection and examination. I think my favorite poem from this particular collection is "Tarnished Angel," although there were a number of single lines which struck me still. less

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