How to Kill Poetry
A Poetry book. At times amusing. Poetry written with too much....? If this were the future and last book of...
With the ghosts of Emily Dickinson, Arthur Rimbaud, Sappho, and Walt Whitman leading the way, How to Kill Poetry showcases a highly selective overview of Western civilization poetic development from its oral traditions to the silence of pixels. The narrative then jumps 200 years into the future where the unfortunate consequences of global warming create a dramatic backdrop against which poetry--if it is to have any redeeming value--must survive.
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- Filetype: PDF
- Pages: 122 pages
- ISBN: 9781937420291 / 0
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A diverse collection, with all the heart and cheekiness I've come to expect and love from Raymond. If you read one book of poems this yeah, this would be a nice choice. :) "How To Kill Poetry" by Raymond Luczak (Sibling Rivalry Press 2013) brought to mind the famous quote "First let's kill all the lawyers" as if poetry has the power to pose a significant threat to society. It contains a humorous overstatement and at the same time a grain of truth. That's the tone of Luczak's book. For example, "Writing... At times amusing. Poetry written with too much....? If this were the future and last book of poetry, one would confidently say bury it! No LGBT content.
