Paperback. James Ragan is an internationally recognised poet who has been praised by Pulitzer winner Henry Taylor as "a snake charmer whose words work real magic." In his newest collection, Ragan hails the imagination: 'I am the sky's shadow wish / writing this only to breathe its light.' Shouldering the burdens of a beleaguered world, facing a dangerous future, Ragan presents a gallery of marvels poems of nature, love, jazz, and family, echoing the likes of Heaney, Rilke and Yeats. And where some of the poems address the despairing tragedies of history, all remain affirmations of hope, reassuring and buoyant."Ragan dominates the art of image, the art of poetic line, and the art of poetic narration with insight that marks major poets." Miroslav Holub, Nobel Prize Nominee"Fine-grained, a remarkable range of history, thematic variety, and tonal dexterity." CK Williams, Pulitzer Prize WinnerJames Ragan is a poet and playwright. His poetry collections, translated into 12 languages, include In the Talking Hours (Figueroa, 2004; ISBN 9781932800012) and Too Long a Solitude (Oklahoma, 2009; ISBN 9780806140162). In 1985, he was one of three Americans, including Bob Dylan and Robert Bly, invited to perform at the First International Poetry Festival in Moscow. He lives in California. Poems of nature, love, jazz, family, and history from a Los Angeles poet. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Title: The World Shouldering I (Paperback)
Publisher: Salmon Poetry, Co Clare
Publication Date: 2013
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1908836466
ISBN 13: 9781908836465
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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These poems advocate for courage in the face of a future whose business it is to be dangerous. There is a gallery of marvels in these pages - poems of nature, love, jazz, family, and while some address the despairing tragedies of history, all remain affirmations of hope. "James Ragan's poems are satisfying and distinctive, full of arresting colocations and striking phrases."-Richard Wilbur "Ragan dominates the art of image, the art of poetic line, and the art of poetic narration with insight that marks major poets."-Miroslav Holub

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