The Geometry of Loneliness.The Geometry of Loneliness Lee Passarella Lee Passarella is a writer and senior literary editor of Atlanta Review Magazine. His long narrative poem Swallowed Up In Victory (Burd Street Press, 2002) is based on the American Civil War. External links
David Robert Books PO Box 541106, Cincinnati, OH 45254-1106 1933456396, $17.00 www.davidrobertbooks.com Academician, writer, literary editor, and an award winning poet, Lee Passarella is a master of the prose poem prose poem Work in prose that has some of the technical or literary qualities of poetry (such as regular rhythm, definitely patterned structure, or emotional or imaginative heightening) but that is set on a page as prose. and able to create word images that impact on both the imagination and the emotions of his reader. Enthusiastically recommended reading for anyone who appreciates well-crafted examples of lyrical prose that evokes images as effective as they are unexpected, "The Geometry of Loneliness" will prove to be a very rewarding read. 'Auto-da-fe': Cruel as the grave/you said of jealousy/that night you were even crueler,/when I came to you still/in the winding sheet winding sheet Noun a sheet in which a dead person is wrapped before being buried . And you,/bringing resurrection like a trial,/like the fireball fireball, very bright meteor leaving a trail in the sky that can remain visible for several minutes; often a distinct sound, perhaps caused by very low frequency radio waves, is associated with it. Jesus rides on/in the Bruenwald Resurrection:/you ask more of the faithful/than any god would ask,/a savior/like an inquisition Inquisition (ĭn'kwĭzĭsh`ən), tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church established for the investigation of heresy. The Medieval Inquisition In the early Middle Ages investigation of heresy was a duty of the bishops. , a Christ of napalm,/killing villages to save them,/and I your converted jew,/your reclaimed good. |
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