Friendly Fire : Poems
Overview
"Friendly Fire, Katrina Roberts' cycle of fifty-two sonnets, proves the durability and flexibility of the lyric today. A taut narrative scaffolding supports Roberts' brief, searing meditations on family, farm labor, friendship, illness, parenting. Colloquial language lends verve. Literal images evoke the texture of farm life. Roberts explores abstraction ( Forgiveness ) with apt metaphor: "I shelter the grudge, build / a rustic cabin for it in my chest, pound rusty nails / in to anchor a porch where I sit glaring." At the close of "Malignant," the narrator asks a timeless question: what lies in wait for us? Read Friendly Fire for Roberts' sensual and wise rendering of the here and now."--Robin Becker, author of Domain of Perfect Affection
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780980028911
- ISBN-10: 0980028914
- Publisher: Lost Horse Press
- Publish Date: October 2011
- Dimensions: 8.26 x 5.56 x 0.19 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.35 pounds
- Page Count: 60
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