MANY FULL HANDS APPLAUDING INELEGANTLY
Book Description
Darren C. Demaree's MANY FULL HANDS APPLAUDING INELEGANTLY is as masterful as it is subtle. In this collection, Demaree continues to expand and develop not only his power and voice, but the voice of a time and a generation. A transcendent unity runs through this tripartite collection of poems that can be taken individually, as particles or a moment on a continuous wave.
Birth ("A Violent Sound in Almost Every Place"), Life ("We are Arrows") and Death ("All the Birds Are Leaving") are woven together on the circle that surrounds and unites all. Through these three movements, Demaree explores the great arc of human existence — the violence of arrival, the striving of consciousness, and the silence that waits at the end — with a poet's ear for music and a philosopher's eye for pattern. This is poetry of scope and intimacy, of thunder and whisper, of hands applauding inelegantly at the sheer improbable fact of being alive.
Author Bio
DARREN C. DEMAREE is the author of numerous poetry collections, including four titles with 8th House Publishing: AS WE REFER TO OUR BODIES, LADY YOU SHOT ME, MANY FULL HANDS APPLAUDING INELEGANTLY, and NUDE MALE WITH ECHO. His poems are characterized by their precision, energy, and ability to find beauty in the smallest of margins. His work has appeared in numerous literary journals and he has been widely recognized as one of the most prolific and distinctive voices in contemporary American poetry.
Book Details
| ISBN: | 978-1-926716-41-1 |
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| Publisher: | 8th House Publishing |
| Genre: | Poetry / Contemporary Poetry |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pages: | 194 |
| Dimensions: | 5.25 × 8.5 |
| Debut: | No |
Also by This Author
AS WE REFER TO OUR BODIES, LADY YOU SHOT ME, NUDE MALE WITH ECHO (all published by 8th House Publishing)