Weathering : poems and recollections /

In Weathering, an aging poet greets a "phalanx" of memories and finds himself amid "an epic transmigration of echoes." At the heart of this collection of poetry and prose are three retrospective essays that narrate the adolescent poet's coming of age through encounters with...

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Main Author: Havird, David Long, 1953- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Macon, Georgia : Mercer University Press, 2020.
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