Saint Peter and the Goldfinch by Ridl, Jack
Saint Peter and the Goldfinch by Ridl, Jack

Saint Peter and the Goldfinch

Jack Ridl returns with a collection of poems that mix deft artistic skill with intimate meditations on...
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Author: Jack Ridl
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Language: English
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Saint Peter and the Goldfinch by Ridl, Jack

Saint Peter and the Goldfinch

$60.37
Saint Peter and the Goldfinch by Ridl, Jack

Saint Peter and the Goldfinch

$60.37
Author: Jack Ridl
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description

Jack Ridl returns with a collection of poems that mix deft artistic skill with intimate meditations on everyday life, whether that be curiosity, loss, discovery, joy, or the passing of the seasons. An early reader of Saint Peter and the Goldfinch said it best: Ridl's books are all treasures, as is he, and his poetry has always been trout-quick, alternately funny and wondrous, instantly intimate, and free of pretense. All these characteristics can be found in this book, and there is something else, something extraordinary: at an age where most poets are content to roll out an imagined posterity, he's decided to push and refine the art, to see out the day and live it fully, because art and life settle for no less.

The first section of Saint Peter and the Goldfinch reflects on the author's personal history, with poems like Feeding the Pup in the Early Morning and Some of What Was Left After Therapy. The second section continues with meditations on varied events and persons and includes poems such as The Last Days of Sam Snead and Coffee Talks with Con Hilberry. The third attends primarily to the mystery of love and what one loves and contains the poems The Inevitable Sorrow of Potatoes and Suite for the Long Married. The fourth and final section meditates primarily on the imagined in poems like Over in That Corner, the Puppets and Meditation on a Photograph of a Man Jumping a Puddle in the Rain.

Saint Peter and the Goldfinch is the work of a talented and seasoned poet, one whose work comes out of the plainspoken tradition-the kind of poetry that, as Thomas Lynch puts it, has to deliver the goods, has to say something about life, something clear and discernible, or it has little to offer. Readers of poetry who enjoy wrestling with life's big questions will appreciate the space that Ridl allows for these ruminations.

Author: Jack Ridl
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 04/01/2019
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780814346457

About the Author
Jack Ridl is author of the poetry collections Broken Symmetry (Wayne State University Press, 2006), Practicing to Walk Like a Heron (Wayne State University Press, 2013), and Losing Season, all of which have won national awards.


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