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BLACK GUM AGAINST THUNDER: New and Collected Poems 1961-2012
BLACK GUM AGAINST THUNDER: New and Collected Poems 1961-2012
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“Arthur makes me nostalgic for places I’ve never been” —The Virginian-Pilot
“Each rereading of this narrative delights me more.” -- Pleasant Living Magazine
“…masterfully depicts life on and around the Chesapeake.” -- Currents
“…Passionate knowledge…keen observation.” -- The News Journal, Delaware
"The most evocative writing about the Chesapeake since Beautiful Swimmers" -- David Poyer
“…as tough and genuine as a waterman’s palm…these rhythms are the sway of boats on tide waters…wind, straining ropes, and snapping sails.” -- Ghent Magazine
“…a powerful introduction to those who do not know the Bay…a delightful reminder for those who do.” -- Eastern Shore News
Attracting national and international attention, Arthur’s work is a virtuoso performance of a wide variety of poetic forms and techniques, informed by an acute sense of drama and place.
This first-ever collection includes the best of Robert P. Arthur’s hundreds of poems written over a forty-year career. They include The Arrow, Wikipedia, The Poetess of Blue Streak Grill, Cattle Sleeping (or Sleeping Cattle), Appearances, Sunday Seizures, and poems in series: Vija’s War, and Crazy Horse’s Woman. Many are emotionally and intellectually charged monologues from the mouths of such diverse characters as disillusioned Jamestown settlers, Crazy Horse’s death/love obsessed woman, a Latvian child caught up in World War II, Appalachian snake handlers, Chesapeake Bay watermen, Vincent van Gogh, traumatized children, and Arthur himself. Together, they immortalize a doomed natural world with unparalleled beauty.
Accessible yet lyrical, these poems will move you whether you like other poetry or not. "We are all murdered: all...."
Arthur’s poems focusing on place have been pod-cast from San Francisco and his poem/plays produced on stage in Virginia, Maryland, Washington D.C., Pennsylvania, New York City, and St. Petersburg, Russia.
“Each rereading of this narrative delights me more.” -- Pleasant Living Magazine
“…masterfully depicts life on and around the Chesapeake.” -- Currents
“…Passionate knowledge…keen observation.” -- The News Journal, Delaware
"The most evocative writing about the Chesapeake since Beautiful Swimmers" -- David Poyer
“…as tough and genuine as a waterman’s palm…these rhythms are the sway of boats on tide waters…wind, straining ropes, and snapping sails.” -- Ghent Magazine
“…a powerful introduction to those who do not know the Bay…a delightful reminder for those who do.” -- Eastern Shore News
Attracting national and international attention, Arthur’s work is a virtuoso performance of a wide variety of poetic forms and techniques, informed by an acute sense of drama and place.
This first-ever collection includes the best of Robert P. Arthur’s hundreds of poems written over a forty-year career. They include The Arrow, Wikipedia, The Poetess of Blue Streak Grill, Cattle Sleeping (or Sleeping Cattle), Appearances, Sunday Seizures, and poems in series: Vija’s War, and Crazy Horse’s Woman. Many are emotionally and intellectually charged monologues from the mouths of such diverse characters as disillusioned Jamestown settlers, Crazy Horse’s death/love obsessed woman, a Latvian child caught up in World War II, Appalachian snake handlers, Chesapeake Bay watermen, Vincent van Gogh, traumatized children, and Arthur himself. Together, they immortalize a doomed natural world with unparalleled beauty.
Accessible yet lyrical, these poems will move you whether you like other poetry or not. "We are all murdered: all...."
Arthur’s poems focusing on place have been pod-cast from San Francisco and his poem/plays produced on stage in Virginia, Maryland, Washington D.C., Pennsylvania, New York City, and St. Petersburg, Russia.
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