Hunter-Gatherer - Softcover

Smith, R. T.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0942979346 ISBN 13: 9780942979343

Publisher: Livingston Pr, 1996

Synopsis

R. T. Smith's poems and their vision of nature have impressed readers for many years. In this, his latest book of poetry, he has so honed that vision that even the palest of urbanites might appreciate the philosophy his poems espouse. Too, in this collection, Smith tills another theme familiar to his readers: American history. His poetic eulogies for Crockett, Chief Osceola, General Lee, and Geronimo are stunning for the individualized emotions by convey. Maybe, one thinks on reading them, if history were taught this way, just maybe we.... Lastly, in this work Smith pays regards to Ireland, where he has resided for two past summers.

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Review:

A review in Poet and Criticmade the bold statement that R.T. Smith's writing "renews one's faith in the value of poetry." The title poem in this fine offering shows the kind of dazzling imagery the reviewer must have been struck by, as the speaker describes walking through the woods, moving "through the transluminous morning when / stargrass and wet snagweeds glisten / their iodine gold." Elsewhere in the same poem, Smith shows that he is also capable of writing that is strikingly unadorned, as he listens for "the snort and tusk-scrape / of a feral pig pissed off at frost." This book also contains several fine poetic eulogies, the best of which is written about David Crockett. It's a sly meditation about how little sense our lives often make to us while we're in the midst of them.

About this edition

• Publisher: Livingston Pr
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0942979346
• ISBN 13: 9780942979343
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 69