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House Bird
Overview
The poems in House Bird drill deep beneath the surface of domestic life, finding the essential truth in the tension between what gets said and what goes unsaid, exploring the consequences of speaking and the consequences of remaining silent. Fillman reveals how vulnerable we are, even in our own bedrooms, basements, driveways. Like in the Hopper and Wyeth paintings that inspire some of his poems, he finds the mood between desire and loneliness, that feeling so profound and universal that we can only bow our heads in recognition. A remarkable debut by a promising young poet. -Jim Daniels
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781947896529
- ISBN-10: 1947896520
- Publisher: Terrapin Books
- Publish Date: February 2022
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.23 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.34 pounds
- Page Count: 98
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