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Charles Masner's new book sparkles with passion, thoughtfulness and ambition. In particular, his commitment to exploring the great traditions of meter and lyrical form bear fruit in line after memorable line. From his introductory essay, where he argues that "even air has a form," through the panoply of forms in the book, to his useful glossary, Masner seeks to connect his own life to the life of the art. He even endstops most of his lines, audacious in our time, and yet frequently makes many of them sing: "Mountains die and rivers fountain." "The tattoos I can see are feathers she's laid bare." "No poet's star can shine without God's night." It is a pleasure to find a poet so purposefully shining and singing in such a night, spinning vitality and craft into words. - David J. Rothman, author of My Brother's Keeper (Lithic Press, 2019) Finalist for the Colorado Book Award.
The collected works of Poet Charles M. Masner, a writer of mystery and of vitality. Curious about the world, he looks for words that might authentically capture pieces of it: ?There must be some word for stars. / Some word other than diamonds.' Accordingly, this ambitious collection of poetry and prose runs the gamut from busted marriages to redemptive seductions, from car wrecks to summer dresses, from weddings to whiskey, from burger joints to hospitals, always attentive to love and sorrow. Masner presents these scenes of his own life and the lives of others and thereby conjures a rich, full creation.
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