Six Trips in Two Directions.Six Trips in Two Directions Jayson Iwen Emergency Press 533 W. 25th Street, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10001 0975362321 $15.00 www.emergencypress.org Written by the co-winner of the Emergency Press annual book contest for 2005, Six Trips in Two Directions is a poetry narrative that applies a pattern to its characters and chronicle while roaming past both external and internal divisive events in a modern world rent with strife and uncertainty. The chaos and confusion of Beirut fuse with the crystal clarity of bearing witness in this multifaceted mul·ti·fac·et·ed adj. Having many facets or aspects. See Synonyms at versatile. Adj. 1. multifaceted - having many aspects; "a many-sided subject"; "a multifaceted undertaking"; "multifarious interests"; "the multifarious prism of struggle, tragedy, and hope. "beirut's exciting as having gas // and it's the most exciting city // in the most exciting country // in the middle east // if not for cars we'd be // televisually comatose co·ma·tose adj. 1. Of, relating to, or affected with coma. 2. Marked by lethargy; torpid. comatose (kō´m // we live so between the two // reality isn't real enough // peace not peace enough // to make struggle fun // all we need is one foot // on land, one in a boat // the indecision Indecision Buridan’s ass unable to decide between two haystacks, he would starve to death. [Fr. Philos.: Brewer Dictionary, 154] Cooke, Ebenezer his irresolution usually leads to catatonia. [Am. Lit. splitting us |
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