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Ephemeron: Poems (Southern Messenger Poets)

By T. R. Hummer

Book information

Publisher
Louisiana State University Press
Year
2011
ISBN
0807139874, 9780807139875, 9780807139882, 9780807139899, 9780807139905
LCC
PS3558.U445 E64 2011
Google Books ID
VRz9M7_8Z9YC
Open Library ID
OL25131414M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
194 kB (198717 bytes)
Series
Southern Messenger Poets
Pages
80\80
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

T. R. Hummer's new and characteristically pyrotechnic collection takes its title from the rare (in English) singular form of the common word ''ephemera.'' In a work of startling originality, the poet presents a meditation on ephemerality from the point of view of the ephemeron itself as it passes, be it the individual, the atom, the particle.Hummer's work is existential and atemporal. The scope of the poems gradually broadens from the opening section, also called ''Ephemeron,'' through ''Either/Or,'' which is a fulcrum, on to plural ''Ephemera.'' The vision that emerges is haunting, evoking the aftermath of a physical, psychological, and spiritual apocalypse.Relentless in its stalking of the boundary between being and nonbeing, Ephemeron becomes a tour-de-force that shines a spotlight into dark corners of Being, revealing yet more darkness.

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