Republic of Song, The

Kelvin Corcoran

Description

The Republic of Song is a journey to discover the place of that name, moving through abhorrence to vision. The political chicanery of barely believable figures is excoriated and set against a world where Orpheus holds sway, friendship outstares death, Nina Simone is happy and Jack Spicer sends us a message about daddy Zeus president. In The Republic of Song everything is changed and the lyric states its claim in the face of exile. The Republic of Song is also that place where having a drink with a friend in a bar in Brussels can unlock part of the story and prompt the freedom of seeing things for what they are. In the conclusive poem, “The Museum of the Sea,” the supposedly distant past is alive in the present and deep time is now, Odysseus is at sea with the victims of the migrant crisis, everything is new and nothing is new.

Informations

• Publié par: Parlor Press, LLC
• Date de parution: 15 avril 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781643171708
• Langue: English

Extrait

CORCORAN THE REPUBLIC OF SONG PARLOR PRESS

T H E R E P U B L I C O F S O N G

KELVIN CORCORAN

Free Verse Editions Edîted by Jon Tompson

THE REPUBLIC OF SONG

Kelvin Corcoran

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to Wrîe a Myhoogy 3 Rue des Hîboux 5 Bîograpîes o te Brexîteers 7 Radîo ogos 9 Mr Presîdent’s New Hat 12 he Near Dîstance 14 he Wîte Road 15 he Sînkîng Coony Revîsîted în te Days o ee Harwood 17 Te Repubîc o Song 21 Come Up Come Up 23 Graamand 26 Messages Comîng ïn 28 BN 29 ïn he Hîton Memorîa Garden 30 Havîng A Drînk Wît Pî 31 he Seven Graves o Tervuren 35 Seeîng te Cîty 36 Jon Berryman Payed te Accordîon 38 he bones o tem are keepîng 39 îstenîng to Country Musîc 41 A Revîsîon o Jack Spîcers’s Heen: A Revîsîon he Peats o te Sun 49 Te Museum o he Sea 51 he Museum o te Sea 53

Acknowedgments Notes 69 About te Autor Free Verse Edîtîons

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