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The Regatta in the Skies: Selected Long Poems

By (author) Laurence Lieberman

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The Regatta in the Skies is a wonderful, complex collection of the best long poems from each phase of Laurence Lieberman's distinguished but still developing career, from his midwestern American childhood to his travels to the exotic landscapes of the underwater world, Japan, and the Caribbean. In a number of recent poems, Lieberman view islands of the West Indies through the eyes of intriguing local artists. Using cross-cultural relationships on individual and national levels to create a new kind of ""poetry as witness,"" he weaves stories into the poems. No less engaging than his subjects are his cadences, ordered in intricately textured lines and original syllabic stanza patterns. ""Orange County Plague: Scenes"" focuses on the plight of the orange trees in southern California, blending motifs of politics, social history, civil rights of ethnic minorities, and the mythology surrounding them with descriptions of nature and landscape. This linked progression of seventeen poems, structured like a sonnet sequence, establishes the primacy of place in Lieberman's continuing canon. The longest poems deal with Jamaica, but others take as their settings a number of the smaller Caribbean islands, including Montserrat. In the poem ""The Factories of Bay Leaf and Lime"" Lieberman celebrates instinctive beauties of Montserrat's culture and workplace, and helps memorialize its national character at a time when the entire country is threatened with extinction by a volcano. The Regatta in the Skies is a bold and unforgettable collection from a poet at the top of his form.

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Normally shipped | Available from overseas. Usually dispatched in 14 days
Publisher | University of Georgia Press
Published date | 31 Jan 1999
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 176
Dimensions | 0 x 0 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 333g
ISBN | 978-0-8203-2035-9
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BISAC | poetry / general


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