The Lions
Format:Paperback
Publisher:The University of Chicago Press
Published:20th Mar '09
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
In his second collection of poems, Peter Campion writes about the struggle of making a life in America, about the urge 'to carve a space' for love and family from out of the vast sweep of modern life. Coursing between the political and personal with astonishing ease, Campion writes at one moment of his disturbing connection to the public political structure, symbolized by Robert McNamara (who makes a startling appearance in the title poem), then in the next of a haunting reverie beneath a magnolia tree, representing his impulse to escape the culture altogether. He moves through various forms just as effortlessly, as confident in rhymed quatrains as in slender, tensed free verse. In "The Lions", Campion achieves a fusion of narrative structure and lyric intensity that proves him to be one of the very best poets of his generation.
"Campion is a poet who knows that what a poet sees is nothing without a mixture of formal prowess and emotional insight." - David Biespiel, Oregonian "The Phoenix Poets list contains a number of poets currently on my list of favorites. This is a strong, vital series that has given voice to some of the best voices in American poetry today." - Billy Collins"
ISBN: 9780226093109
Dimensions: 22mm x 16mm x 1mm
Weight: 113g
80 pages