Submitted by Joseph Nechvatal on Fri, 2007-01-05 11:22.
In a way we fearful and confused souls recognize that GH’s mordant and yet often exquisitely beautiful poetry addressed to a really screwed-up country are a kind of mirror noir of our own teetering times. The same violent deaths, political treacheries, religious confrontations -- and yet brief roman candle bursts of loveliness are there.
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mordant and yet often exquisitely beautiful poetry
In a way we fearful and confused souls recognize that GH’s mordant and yet often exquisitely beautiful poetry addressed to a really screwed-up country are a kind of mirror noir of our own teetering times. The same violent deaths, political treacheries, religious confrontations -- and yet brief roman candle bursts of loveliness are there.