Taking the Occasion
by
Daniel Brown
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
New Criterion Series
ISBN-10
1566638011
ISBN-13
9781566638012
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc
Imprint
Ivan R Dee, Inc
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 11th, 2008
Print length
80 Pages
Weight
227 grams
Dimensions
22.50 x 15.30 x 1.80 cms
Product Classification:
Poetry / poems by individual poetsPoetry by individual poets
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The eighth winner of the New Criterion Poetry Prize is Daniel Brown's Taking the Occasion. From its opening lines, his book sounds a new note in poetry: "The thing about the old one about / The tree in the forest and nobody's around / And how it falls maybe with a sound, / Maybe not . . ." In poem after poem, Mr. Brown plays urban speech rhythms (much as Robert Frost played rural ones) across the back-beat of meter and rhyme. Distinctive in matter as well as in manner, Taking the Occasion addresses subjects that range from a moment's fancy to stirring ruminations on existence. In a time when many poets see subjects as superfluous, Brown demonstrates the abiding power of an arresting premise, much as music derives life from a memorable tune. His work repeatedly sounds emotional or philosophical depths, yet he isn't above eliciting a laugh in the process.
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