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AFTERWORD IBD

SHEARSMAN BOOKS
02 / 2022
9781848618046
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Sinopsis

Afterword is a long poem in fragments, with some long lines of poetry folded over, as it were, onto the next line(s) of the page, as in Walt Whitman, Carl Sandburg and Allen Ginsberg. It is a long poem in fragments, but it might also be seen as a poem sequence: of memories and meditations, dreams and (for want of a better word) visions. ItâÇÖs increasingly invaded by images of destruction and desolation: of nature, of animals, of humankind, with those images prefigured by the opening passages.á At the end of the text, the negative emphasis is 'turned' upon and against itself into the language of transition.á ItâÇÖs a poem thatâÇÖs concerned with limits and the possible surpassing or exceeding of limits.á'David MillerâÇÖs writing - poetry, prose, recitatif on the cusp of prose and verse - is peculiar to himself. Its tone is singular:áspiritual insight and wisdom grounded in conversational even throwaway sentences. At the same time, the writing belongs in a poetics associated with André du Bouchet, Paul Celan, Japanese masters and other writers - who occupy a space where traditional genres cannot reach - and is in implicit connection with them.'á-Anthony Rudolf'David Miller writes: âÇÖany writing that engages with the spiritual has to be dialogic provisional &ááopen-ended in nature otherwise weâÇÖre not talking about an engagementáááwith the spiritualâÇÖ - and MillerâÇÖs new text does engage with the spiritual. Both learned and lyrical, it creates lyric utterance through a comprehension of the learning. David Miller both guides and follows - in the wisest European tradition. This is an overwhelming accomplishment.'á-Tom Lowenstein

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