In poems celebrating survival and renewal, Ernest Hilbert summons the ageless conflict between human affection and the passing of time, recognizing that all we love must eventually disappear. Tender poems of fatherhood weigh against unsettling explorations of natural dangers and intimations of bodily harm. From porn sets to seedy gun ranges and heavy metal tribute nights in crumbling theaters, Hilbert’s eye roves over the desolation and beauty of contemporary America, all the while feeling the irresistible pull of water–what Melville called “the ungraspable phantom of life.” His poems return again and again to rivers, lakes, and the sea, there to find “a universe that loves the dark,” one that “bears you up as if you had no weight.”
Author: Ernest Hilbert
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Published: 02/28/2023
Series: Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry
Pages: 90
Weight: 0.32lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d
ISBN: 9781574418958
Language: English
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