Buffalo Head Solos: Poems
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Description
"Reading Tim Seibles reminds me of the Buddhist parable of the burning house: everyone ignores the flames, pretends there is no smoke, no pain, no prospect of death. Or, if there is, it will only happen to someone else, someone in another world. According to these teachings, aversion and attachment are not the greatest barriers to fulfillment; it is indifference that endangers a soul. Not to embrace or confront what is undeniably there but to detach ourselves and retreat. It is precisely this indifference that these poems challenge with lyric insistence - begging, assailing, teasing, affirming. In this mystical, romantic and political collection, Seibles is willing to take a chance, any chance to engage the general malaise of our times. He is a musician of the spirit and of the body, and it is that quality which carries us forward breath by breath, line by line. The journey is oddly enchanting, even transformative"--Nin Andrews. [Amazon.com]
ISBN
9781880834633
Publication Date
2004
Publisher
Cleveland State University Poetry Center
City
Cleveland, OH
Keywords
American poetry, African American authors
Disciplines
Creative Writing | Poetry
Recommended Citation
Seibles, Tim, "Buffalo Head Solos: Poems" (2004). MFA Creative Writing Faculty Bookshelf. 32.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/mfa_books/32