On Seas of Glory by John Lehman6/1/2023 ![]() "Overpayment, underpayment, Florida lakes. SPRING IN THIS WORLD OF POOR MUTTS (1968) Is It Impossible to Know Where the Impulse Has Originated? "WATER: HOW WEATHER FEELS THE COTTON HOTELS" ![]() This volume is a landmark edition for American poetry, and includes an introduction by David Lehman. As Ron Silliman notes, Ceravolo's later work reveals him to be "one of the most emotionally open, vulnerable and self-knowing poets of his generation." Many new pieces, including the masterful long poem "The Hellgate," are published here for the first time. John of the Cross, this collection shows how Ceravolo's poetry takes on a direct, quiet lyricism: intensely dedicated to the natural and spiritual life of the individual. From a poetics associated with Frank O'Hara and John Ashbery to an ever more contemplative, deeply visionary poetics similar in sensibility to Zen and Dante, William Blake and St. ![]() Collected Poems offers the first full portrait of Ceravolo's aesthetic trajectory, bringing to light the highly original voice that was operating at an increasing remove from the currents of the time. Like an underground river, the astonishing poems of Joseph Ceravolo have nurtured American poetry for fifty years, a presence deeply felt but largely invisible. ![]() Biblio.live is open 716 October, 2022 Shop our virtual antiquarian book fair with exclusive books, art, ephemera, and more at every price point. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. Long awaited collection of a singular American poet Find On Seas Of Glory by Lehman, John at Biblio. ![]()
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