Cracks in the Invisible

by Stephen Kampa

Book Overview

Stephen Kampa's poems are witty and restless in their pursuit of an intelligent modern faith. They range from a four-line satire of office inspirational posters to a lengthy meditation on the silence of God. The poems also revel in the prosodic possibilities of English'shigh and low registers: a twenty-one line homageto Lord Byron that turns on three rhymes (one of which is "eisegesis"); a sestina whose end words include "sentimental," "Marseilles,"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821419528
• ISBN13: 9780821419526
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.3"