Rivers Applaud Forever
- Editore:
Guernica Editions,Canada
- Collana:
- Essential Poets Series
- EAN:
9781771833608
- ISBN:
1771833602
- Pagine:
- 120
- Formato:
- Paperback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
Descrizione Rivers Applaud Forever
Raymond Filip, the craftsman and musician, showcases his spoken-word texts that perform on a silent page, as well as his 'say then play' recitals on stage. This collection features free verse and end rhymes; satire and nature studies; a concrete poem and a proem; a linked sequence of narratives, and a long bird call to the uncaptured. Filip's peace process comes to terms with his birth and disfigurement in a displaced persons camp after World War II; the unspeakable abuses of growing up with domestic violence and a broken home in the riverside slums of Montréal; his adventures as part of the resistance movement that led to Lithuanian independence; the ups and downs of a mixed marriage to a Filipina; his battle with cancer; the journey of faith and global identity; and the joys of defying his age through his first love: sports.