Impossible Flying: Poems

Dawes, Kwame

ISBN 10: 1845230396 / ISBN 13: 9781845230395

Published by Peepal Tree Press, 2007

About this Item

A Very Good copy of the First Edition with light creasing and some minor peeling of protective plastic layer starting at the top right corner of the front cover. Interior is clean, bright, and unmarked. 'Renowned poet Kwame Dawes presents his most personal and universal work in this collection of carefully arranged poems. Separated into four thematic sections, these poems reveal the author's family secrets with an overarching coherence and meaning, focusing primarily on the triangular relationship between himself, his father, and his younger brother. Establishing his family's mythology and the hopes that were invested in his brother, the verses also detail his brother's descent into madness and the resulting downfall that brought about his father's premature death, the poet's later-renewed relationship with his brother, and his attempts to bridge the gap between their disparate worlds all with intensity, tautness, and eloquence.' ~ Publisher.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Impossible Flying: Poems
• Publisher: Peepal Tree Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845230396
• ISBN 13: 9781845230395
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry

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Synopsis

Renowned poet Kwame Dawes presents his most personal and universal work in this collection of carefully arranged poems. Separated into four thematic sections, these poems reveal the author's family secrets with an overarching coherence and meaning, focusing primarily on the triangular relationship between himself, his father, and his younger brother. Establishing his family's mythology and the hopes that were invested in his brother, the verses also detail his brother's descent into madness and the resulting downfall that brought about his father's premature death, the poet's later-renewed relationship with his brother, and his attempts to bridge the gap between their disparate worlds—all with intensity, tautness, and eloquence.

About the Author

Kwame Dawes is a professor of English and distinguished poet in residence at the University of South Carolina. He is the author of Bob Marley: Lyrical Genius, Midland, New and Selected Poems, and A Place to Hide and the coauthor of I Saw Your Face.