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Title: No Word of Farewell: Selected Poems, 1970-2000 by R. S. Gwynn ISBN: 1-885266-91-X Publisher: Story Line Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.88 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Hello to a Great Poet
Comment: Being a teacher and writer, I had heard Gwynn's name through the years and associated him more as an editor than as a poet. However, I read a review of this present book in an esteemed literary journal and decided it was time to check out the creative work of R.S. Gwynn.
He's a delight, a master, a brave soul in a world of timid poetasters. He has no fear in using traditional forms and regular rhytms to write his poems. And he is equally unafraid to skewer what Orwell called the "smelly little orthodoxies" which strangle both society in general and literature specifically. Read his "Narcissiad," the great center piece of NO WORD OF FAREWELL. It's a wonderful, dead-on swipe at the Lit Biz today, where poetry is a commodity and celebrity is preferable to excellence.
NO WORD OF FAREWELL is a generous compendium of Gwynn's work, dating back to 1970 and going up through 2000. The selections show that Gwynn is capable of most everything - satire, ballads, love poems, etc. He is a man of uncommon sense who nevertheless does not allow his level-headedness to obscure his heart. That his work is not better known is a commentary only on the present state of poetry and reading, not on R.S. Gwynn.
Nevertheless, I feel confident that when the rubbish of all the poet manques who currently crowd our magazines and college campuses is wiped away, Gwynn's work will finally emerge, a diamond in the rough finally revealed.
Please read this book and give copies to your friends. It is an inestimable source of pleasure and wisdom.
Rating: 5
Summary: Giddy with Laughter and Wisdom
Comment: Full of wicked humor, slyly wrought pathos, boffo couplets, stunningly relevant sonnets, at least one startling take-stock epic, and giddy cynicism: there's simply no poet in America like Gwynn, and there's no one as funny, period. This is the REAL self-help book! Help yourself cope in this most angst-ridden of seasons: read Gwynn's wisdom and laughter.
Rating: 5
Summary: Poet Laureate of Lamar University
Comment: Mr. Gwynn is my poetry teacher at Lamar Univerisity Beaumont, Tx.
He is a master of wit and intelligence (speaking of poetry now).
His insights and advice has helped my poetry emmensely, but surely not my spelling. If you are a poetry writer or fan from anywhere in the area, then you should definetly think about taking one of his poetry classes, for he is a legend in the making. His poetry and knowledge thereof is awesome and awe inspiring. Pick up his work whenever you find it.
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Title: Can Poetry Matter?: Essays on Poetry and American Culture by Dana Gioia ISBN: 1555973701 Publisher: Graywolf Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Rebel Angels: 25 Poets of the New Formalism by Mark Jarman, David Mason ISBN: 1885266308 Publisher: Story Line Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Starting from Sleep: New & Selected Poems by Charles Martin ISBN: 1585672726 Publisher: Overlook Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: New Expansive Poetry by R. S. Gwynn ISBN: 1885266693 Publisher: Story Line Press Pub. Date: 15 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: After New Formalism by Annie Finch ISBN: 1885266685 Publisher: Story Line Press Pub. Date: 15 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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