The Humility of the Brutes: Poems (Southern Messenger Poets)

by Ron Smith

2021-01-03 07:33:19

The title of Ron Smith?s new collection comes from Yeats?s observation that creators ?must go from desire to weariness and so to desire again, and live but for the moment when vision comes to our weariness like terrible lightning, in the humility of ... Read more
The title of Ron Smith?s new collection comes from Yeats?s observation that creators ?must go from desire to weariness and so to desire again, and live but for the moment when vision comes to our weariness like terrible lightning, in the humility of the brutes.? The poems in The Humility of the Brutes move beyond Yeats?s journey, using precise language and memorable phrasing to push through skepticism and guide us toward the mystical as we struggle to understand our past and our present. Less

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File size9 X 6 X 0.68 in
Print pages92
PublisherLSU Press
Publication date August 14, 2017
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780807166567
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Ron F. Smith is a professor of journalism at the University of Central Florida, Orlando. He teaches editing, newspaper design, online journalism, and mass media ethics. Professor Smith has worked for ...

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