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Title: Sixty Selected Poems by Joseph Payne Brennan ISBN: 0-932445-10-1 Publisher: W Paul Ganley Pub Pub. Date: 01 March, 1985 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $5.00

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)

Rating: 5
Summary: chilling and macabre--great
Comment: in an embittered introduction, brennan attacks the publishers and editors who rejected his poetry out of hand for years. brennan was writing in the 60's and 70's, when traditional verse was mostly shoved aside for more new, 'avant garde' forms of poetry. but once one begins to actually read the poems, one realizes the real reason he had such trouble getting attention as a poet: his work was too pessimistic for most people. like a modern leopardi, brennan recognizes the unreality and agony of existence. he has a bone to pick with life. he evokes truly chilling images of torment and suffering, boredom/'ennui'. "The Scythe of Dreams" should be mandatory for college students to read as introduction to this form of poetry. His publisher was right: it should be in line for a national award.