An Aquarium: Poems
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (678 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1555975135 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 80 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Very fine The book's conceit, an appealing one , is to write a series of poems on the fish and other ocean creatures one would come across in an aquarium, in alphabetical order. It's a sort of involute indexing of whims and amusements that would soon get ragged with repetition in heavier hands, but Yang's touch is light , and varies his approach , creature to creature, and what his musings land on, of course, are continued inquiry into how we know the world.We mirror, we model, we mimic, we claim credit for all the nobility that happens in domains that are, in . Midwest Book Review said Using the vehicle of fish, Yang's poetry translates its goal well. A man who has made a career out of working with poetry, "An Aquarium" is a chapbook of poetry from translator and poet Jeffrey Yang. Using the vehicle of fish, Yang's poetry translates its goal well, providing excellent verse. "An Aquarium" is worth the investment for poetry fans. "Remora": R is for Remora, for: 'The mightiest power/does not always prevail. A ship/may be detained by a small remora',/quotes Borges of Diego de Saavedra Fajardo's/Political Emblems (16Using the vehicle of fish, Yang's poetry translates its goal well Midwest Book Review A man who has made a career out of working with poetry, "An Aquarium" is a chapbook of poetry from translator and poet Jeffrey Yang. Using the vehicle of fish, Yang's poetry translates its goal well, providing excellent verse. "An Aquarium" is worth the investment for poetry fans. "Remora": R is for Remora, for: 'The mightiest power/does not always prevail. A ship/may be detained by a small remora',/quotes Borges of Diego de Saavedra Fajardo's/Political Emblems (1640).. 0).. Grab A Dictionary, Play Along Jeffrey Yang's "An Aquarium" showcases the poet's expertise in the biology of any number of creatures found in an aquarium and beyond, and laces these rattled off definitions mixed with poetic devices, unique line breaks, and political commentary with varied success. Poems such as "Crab", "Jellyfish", "Lobster", "Parrotfish", and "U.S." are examples of the best of the collection, where Yang's narrative voice is clear and poignant and his tightrope structure between biological lecturing, and effective commentary blend nicely.Though the idea behind the
Jeffrey Yang is a poet, translator, and editor at New Directions Publishing Corp. He lives in Beacon, New York.. He is the translator of East Slope by Su Shi, and his poetry has appeared in The Nation, Tin House, and elsewhere
. All rights reserved. Yang's pithy free verse insists on entanglements among the literary arts and the natural sciences, as among East Asian, South Asian, European and American literatures: Triggerfish includes Hawaiian proverbs, Catholic philosophy, comparative mythography and that inveterate comparer, the poet Ezra Pound, always testing the overtones. (Nov.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. is a small fish/ with a false head). Those who read the collection quickly may find it witty but gimmicky; those who bring more attention will take more away from t
But deeper under the surface are his observations on war, environmental degradation, language, and history, as a fathertroubled by violence and human mismanagement of the worldoffers advice to a newborn son.. From "Abalone" to "Zooxanthellae," Jeffrey Yang's debut poetry collection An Aquarium is full of the exhilarating colors and ominous forms of aquatic life