| Author: | David O'Meara | ISBN: | 9781770563599 |
| Publisher: | Coach House Books | Publication: | September 20, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Coach House Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | David O'Meara |
| ISBN: | 9781770563599 |
| Publisher: | Coach House Books |
| Publication: | September 20, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Coach House Books |
| Language: | English |
Like the rhapsodists, the storytellers of ancient Greece, A Pretty Sight shapes voices of the past and present into a stitched song lifted and sounded toward the next century. Haunted by 'time's frame / that dark shape near the edge of the canvas,' O'Meara's new book explores aspects of culture, art, war, rebellion and technology, offering defiance amid decay.
'O'Meara is a poet of the personal. Of the person. In and amongst the social documentary and human observation at which he excels, here is a writer prepared to put feelings on the line and to argue his case with the reader. This is proud, felt, and affecting work I can't think of many other poets so prepared to engage and so equipped to succeed.' — Simon Armitage
Like the rhapsodists, the storytellers of ancient Greece, A Pretty Sight shapes voices of the past and present into a stitched song lifted and sounded toward the next century. Haunted by 'time's frame / that dark shape near the edge of the canvas,' O'Meara's new book explores aspects of culture, art, war, rebellion and technology, offering defiance amid decay.
'O'Meara is a poet of the personal. Of the person. In and amongst the social documentary and human observation at which he excels, here is a writer prepared to put feelings on the line and to argue his case with the reader. This is proud, felt, and affecting work I can't think of many other poets so prepared to engage and so equipped to succeed.' — Simon Armitage
