9781934200742 - colony collapse metaphor von jenks, philip (6 Ergebnisse)

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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. "Into the deeper shoals of syntax strolls Philip Jenks, sans machete, instead with a watering can filled to the brim with acto-juice precisely calculated to make those nouns and verbs and articles shoot to record heights and tangles."--Kevin KillianPhilip Jenks's poems land like bolts of plasma: superheated, suppurated, the "inverted afterthought" of destiny that awaits the speaker of one poem, or absurdities that make a devastating sense, as when Jenks asks about "temperature of God" while invoking the fires of Auschwitz, or when he imagines meth-laced syringes puncturing a user's skin from the inside out. These poems draw blood.FOX HOLE--where the heart sits."Body song"Of a prayer, you.EnsembleAblatedThey pulled the skin and fur clean off, But the fox, panting, blinked withWhat was left of eyes.Peeled."Strung out"Will I aid and abetWith inaction?There is no differenceBetween killing and allowing to die.Philip Jenks lives in Chicago, Illinois, where he teaches English at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His previous volumes are On the Cave You Live In (2002), My First Painting will be "The Accuser" (2005), and Disappearing Address (2010). He has toured and recorded with Neil Michael Hagerty as a member of The Howling Hex. His academic specializations are in gender studies, animal rights, and political philosophy. He likes good music and pinball. Weird and wired, the poems in Philip Jenks' third collection scintillate with lyric absurdity and strange grace. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. "Into the deeper shoals of syntax strolls Philip Jenks, sans machete, instead with a watering can filled to the brim with acto-juice precisely calculated to make those nouns and verbs and articles shoot to record heights and tangles."--Kevin KillianPhilip Jenks's poems land like bolts of plasma: superheated, suppurated, the "inverted afterthought" of destiny that awaits the speaker of one poem, or absurdities that make a devastating sense, as when Jenks asks about "temperature of God" while invoking the fires of Auschwitz, or when he imagines meth-laced syringes puncturing a user's skin from the inside out. These poems draw blood.FOX HOLE--where the heart sits."Body song"Of a prayer, you.EnsembleAblatedThey pulled the skin and fur clean off, But the fox, panting, blinked withWhat was left of eyes.Peeled."Strung out"Will I aid and abetWith inaction?There is no differenceBetween killing and allowing to die.Philip Jenks lives in Chicago, Illinois, where he teaches English at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His previous volumes are On the Cave You Live In (2002), My First Painting will be "The Accuser" (2005), and Disappearing Address (2010). He has toured and recorded with Neil Michael Hagerty as a member of The Howling Hex. His academic specializations are in gender studies, animal rights, and political philosophy. He likes good music and pinball. Weird and wired, the poems in Philip Jenks' third collection scintillate with lyric absurdity and strange grace. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorrnrnPhilip Jenks lives in Chicago. His poems have appeared in Chicago Review, Cannibal, Typo, Fence, Cultural Society, H_NGM_N, Canarium, LVNG, and elsewhere. His collaborative poems with the splendid Simone Muench.