Description
A grand, jauntily mythological collection, these poems move across history, memory, nature, and the intimate landscapes of lived experience. With jazz-inflected rhythms, vivid vernacular, and an expansive imagination, the poet considers war, race, mortality, love, and the enduring marks left by the past. The poems range from the personal to the cosmic, transforming ordinary encounters and ancient figures into meditations on what it means to be human. Lyrical, philosophic, and richly textured, this volume showcases a major contemporary poet’s command of music, image, and myth.
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Details
First Published
2015
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Emperor of Water Clocks by Yusef Komunyakaa.