Tattered Scrolls and Postulates: Volume 1: Poems, Viscera, Encyclopedia, Esoterica Paperback
by Joseph V Milford (Author)
Joseph V Milford is a graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop and a professor of poetry. His work has been featured in numerous reputable journals. This is his second collection and describes using prose poetry one man’s descent into purgatory after a divorce. It is an epic poem that takes place in Moreland, Georgia and is full of southern flair and fable. The author tried to write 100 10-lined stanzas, made up of lines which are, supposedly, each-unto-themselves, one-line short stories.
Review
Joe Milford knows things that are reserved for true artists and the sainted mad. He spills them in torrents of fire. Joe claims to be knee-deep in the unsayable. Maybe so, but he does a damned fine job of pushing through the scars of the wounded world.
Joseph Milford might just be the Philippe Petit of contemporary American poetry. His Tattered Scrolls and Postulates shows us nothing less than an ingeniously shaped poetic imagination and a seemingly inexhaustible supply of astonishing lines.
Tattered Scrolls and Postulates, Joseph Milford’s striking sequence, transports us to a bizarre neighborhood where “every elevator is a minefield” and the famous castaway “Alexander Selkirk sleeps in a tent in my backyard and befriends neighbors and stray dogs.”
About the Author
Joseph V Milford is a graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop and a professor of poetry. His work has been featured in numerous reputable journals. This is his second collection. His first collection, Cracked Altimeter, was received great acclaim.
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Publisher: Backlash Press
Language: English
Print Length: 168 pages
ISBN: 0995599912
Weight: 254 g
Genre: Poetry
Dimensions: 15.24 x 0.64 x 22.86 cm