The Horse Show at Midnight and An Afternoon of Pocket Billiards: Poems - Softcover

Taylor, Henry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807117633 ISBN 13: 9780807117637

Publisher: LSU Press, 1992

Synopsis

This collection of twenty-four poems reveals the range and power of a young Southern poet whose work is characterized by a tensile strength and a coldly factual style which beneath the surface carries great passion.Some of the poems masterfully employ twists of irony; others utilize grotesque, yet real, characters and situations; others are nimble parodies. All of the poems, however, proclaim Taylor's sensitivity to the rhythms and idioms of everyday speech. All touch the unusual, the comic, the despairing, the hopeful.These, then, are distinctive poems about man and his condition, informed by reality and by a simple but powerful expression.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Poems By Henry Taylor. The Horse Show At Midnight consist of poems Taylor wrote while still an undergraduate at the University of Virginia, and many of the poems in An Afternoon of Pocket Billiards were composed while he was in the graduate writing program at Hollins Collage. Despite their youthful provenance, the poems display an already emergent skill and power. The reissue of these two long-unavailable collections is an important literary event.

About the Author:

Henry Taylor, author of four poetry collections, received the Pulitzer Prize in 1986 for his third book of poems, The Flying Change. He is professor of literature and codirector of the MFA program in creative writing at American University.

About this edition

• Publisher: LSU Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0807117633
• ISBN 13: 9780807117637
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128