Fauxccasional Poems

Fauxccasional Poems
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  • 作者:Daniel ScottTysdal
  • 出版社:Icehouse Poetry
  • 出版日期:2015-09-15
  • 語言:英文
  • ISBN10:0864928726
  • ISBN13:9780864928726
  • 裝訂:平裝 / 15.2 x 21.6 x 0.6 cm / 普通級
 

內容簡介

In Fauxccasional Poems, Daniel Scott Tysdal imagines himself into poetic voices not his own, writing to commemorate events that never occurred, for the posterity of alternative universes — and the delight of our own. From the reign of the first philosopher king once envisioned by Plato, to the twelfth-century Iroquois colonization of Europe, to Barack Obama’s career as a poet, to the lasting peace to come under the rule of the Democratic Kampuchea Global Party, Tysdal envisions the paths not taken and what might have been. In these poems, the crew of the Enola Gay refuse to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, John F. Kennedy evades assassination, and Karl Marx moonlights as an agent provocateur for a capitalist consortium.

In a dizzying display of poetic insight, technical prowess, and playful parody,Fauxccasional Poems brings these alternate universes to life, forcing the reader to ponder the contingency of history and how each moment brings us to a thousand turning points. Despite our certainties, nothing is ever as it seems, and the future unfolds against our best designs. History is an unreliable vessel for the upwelling of our deepest hopes and fears, and in Tysdal’s hands poetry shakes history by the lapels and shouts, "Wake up! Your time is now!"

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