From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Practical Gods comes a tenth compilation of poetry that explores the themes of separation and connection and of what it means to be a part of larger community. Original.

Spanning thirty years of literary work, a definitive collection of poetry by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Practical Gods features the finest works from his eight previous books, along with a sampling of new poetry that reflects such genres as meditation, elegy, advice, and prophecy. Original.

Poems explore the divine in the ordinary and attempt to translate pagan and biblical perspectives into secular terms. (view table of contents)

Focusing on the relation of the poet to the reader, Carl Dennis proposes that poems are acts of persuasion and that the strength of a poem's speaker is the key to winning the reader's sympathetic attention. Dennis identifies the qualities of passion, discrimination, and inclusiveness as essential in creating a compelling speaker. This emphasis on character leads to fresh discussions of point of view, irony, myth, and genre. Each subject is developed through careful readings of a wide variety of poets―from Whitman and Dickinson to contemporaries. Lucidly written, Poetry as Persuasion offers both inspiration and important advice for practicing poets, and at the same time provides anyone with an interest in poetry a fresh understanding of its appeal. (view table of contents)

Product Description: In his seventh book, Carl Dennis explores the ways in which our wishes - those in our power to fulfill at any moment and those that have no chance of ever being realized - define who we are. While some of the poems view wishing as a failure to do justice to the world we have, others regard it as a recognition that no present, however rich, can satisfy the imagination, and suggest that one of the functions of poetry is to keep significant wishes alive...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Poems approach the subject of time from a variety of perspectives

Poems deal with literature, history, nature, city life, darkness, travel, politics, teaching, friendship, and baseball

Product Description: The description for this book, Signs and Wonders: Poems by Carl Dennis, will be forthcoming.

Product Description: The Description for this book, Signs and Wonders: Poems by Carl Dennis, will be forthcoming.