Books : The Naomi poems, book one;: Corpse and beans, (Big table series of younger poets, v. 1)
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by: Bill Knott
Binding: Unknown Binding
Label: Follett Pub. Co
Manufacturer: Follett Pub. Co
Number Of Pages: 61
Publication Date: 1968
Publisher: Follett Pub. Co
Sales Rank: 2725433
Studio: Follett Pub. Co
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Blown away
I first read these astounding love poems nearly 40 years ago in college, and they are the only such poems besides Blake's to have stayed with me. Knott is a truly gifted poet, and this short collection will blow you away with its power to refresh the immediacy of words themselves.
Rating: - One of the most influential books of my life
I'm actually searching for a copy of this book. In the late sixties I used to buy this book and give it away on a fairly regular basis. To a great extent the voice and the mechanical structures of these poems had an enormous influence on what I thought about my own work in those days. I've never been much of a poet, but what good there is in my work probably originates from reading books like this one. I still remember many of these poems in a book I can't find a copy of lo these many years later: ... Read More
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