Time Remaining: Body Odes, Praise Songs, Oddities, Amazements by Lenfestey, James P.

Time Remaining: Body Odes, Praise Songs, Oddities, Amazements

An exuberant collection celebrating the body and the soul of language, wringing delights and amazements out of...
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Author: James P. Lenfestey
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Language: English
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Time Remaining: Body Odes, Praise Songs, Oddities, Amazements by Lenfestey, James P.

Time Remaining: Body Odes, Praise Songs, Oddities, Amazements

$36.25

Time Remaining: Body Odes, Praise Songs, Oddities, Amazements

$36.25
Author: James P. Lenfestey
Format: Paperback
Language: English
An exuberant collection celebrating the body and the soul of language, wringing delights and amazements out of the latter years of life.In his seventh decade and seventh full length collection, poet James P. Lenfestey dazzles with a suite of odes to parts of the body--heart, belly, ankle, teeth, ears, and more--and astonishment at the powers of language: "the sound of 'n, '" our ancient alphabet, "the terror of publishing." Known for his exuberant Chinese-style lyrics, now inspired by Neruda's cascading Elemental Odes, Lenfestey praises Hewlett and Packard, Bruce Springsteen, "the language of crow," fruit flies, and cabbages while recalling the "forgiveness of the Catbird" and random acts of kindness, all with his superb ear for sound, rhythm, and leaping figurative language.Rhythmic, jovial, and eminently approachable, this collection embraces the Cetacean mind and the fearless left hand. Here, Lenfestey writes love songs to the world "as it really is: bizarro, curious, inelegant, unclean, / unfaithful, filled with delight."

Author: James P. Lenfestey
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Published: 11/19/2024
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781571315748

About the Author
James P. Lenfestey is the author of Seeking the Cave: A Pilgrimage to Cold Mountain, a Minnesota Book Award finalist, and multiple collections of essays and poems, including A Marriage Book. He is also the editor of multiple anthologies, including Robert Bly in This World. Lenfestey is a former college English instructor, alternative school administrator, marketing communications consultant, and editorial writer for the Star Tribune, where he won several Page One awards for excellence. As a journalist, he covers education, energy policy, and climate science. He is chair of the Literary Witnesses poetry series, teaches at the Mackinac Island Poetry Festival, and lives in Minneapolis with his wife.

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