Lilac Cigarette in a Wish Cathedral

By Robin Magowan

Book Overview

Robin Magowan's poems in Lilac Cigarette in a Wish Cathedral represent a poetry of heightened awarenesses and high-edge experiences caught on the run. Seized from a miniaturist's perspective, the subjects are privileged moments: a child mat-riding on a Red Flag day; birds in a tropical forest; Greek sailors dancing; a trek in the Himalayas; drug overdoses during an affair with a terrorist dragon lady; personal experiences that combine into an oeuvre and a life. Magowan's aim is to take the reader inside, as far as possible, using an instinctive notation to register his fascination with sensation, movement, and color. If it is mysticism--an awakening to the now--it is one that is happening line by line, and at times letter by letter, in a form that is lyrical, rhythm driven, and highly intensified.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157003270X
• ISBN13: 9781570032707
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 69 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.4"