by Richard Foerster
American Poets Continuum Series
In Double Going, Richard Foerster’s tightly chiseled poems are rife with
a doubling of images and motifs that reappear like musical phrases sounding in
different contexts. The title speaks to the dual nature of love and anger that
a son feels toward his father.
"With the formal
virtuosity that has always marked his work, Richard Foerster turns
his gaze to the conundrum of childhood trauma, the stain of the
past, our instinct sometimes to erase it, sometimes to brandish
it—a tattoo. It is the doubleness of desire itself, finally—bodily
and psychological—in which a thing can be 'luminous: because
of what is ruined.' Double Going casts a light as slant with wisdom
as it is pitched with grace." —Carl Phillips
Alba
The
thought grinds against
thought,
improbable brew:
he,
an Italian in silk,
the
Forum choked with the rush-
hour,
waspish buzz of Rome.
Yet
love was there.—My eyes
open
on layered heights,
twinned
histories—petty
and
imperial: He strode
beside
me, barrel-chested
at
forty-six, his voice
intimate,
like leaves at dawn.
©BOA
Editions, Ltd 2002
Available editions:
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Paperback
ISBN: 1-929918-17-8
Price: $12.95
Publishing Date: February 2002
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