While Listening to the Enigma Variations

While Listening to the Enigma Variations New and Selected Poems

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Publisher's Synopsis

"In this new and startling collection, Diane Frank's poems transcend not just genres but entire dimensions. When she speaks to J.S. Bach, she really means it and when Bach speaks back, she listens - entirely - the way certain moths perceive sound via their whole body, even their wings. How is this accomplished? It will seem to come through the poems themselves - their music, tonal qualities and subjects, yet it goes even deeper as it pushes up like duende through the soles of your feet. The voice is declarative, emphatic, spirit driven. She will tell you, 'When a buffalo enters your dream, / listen for arpeggio hooves, / the weight of music, / a copper moon / above a vanishing prairie' and you will, you must listen."

Lois P. Jones, author of Night Ladder

Radio Host, KPFK's Poets Café


Book information

ISBN: 9781941783740
Publisher: Glass Lyre Press
Imprint: Glass Lyre Press
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 246
Weight: 367g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 14mm