The Road We Take Selected Poems 1967-2022【電子書籍】[ Barry Lee Swanson ]

＜p＞＜em＞The Road We Take＜/em＞ is an encore to Barry Lee Swanson's critically acclaimed, best-selling novel ＜em＞Still Points.＜/em＞ A poetic portrait of a journey spanning the past seven decades, it provides the reader with a first-hand view of one baby boomer's life experiences.＜/p＞ ＜p＞From a college student caught in the quagmire of the Viet Nam War to the halls of collegiate academia to a senior citizen facing irrelevancy while considering the inevitable end of life, the author explores themes of loss, love, contemplation, and celebration with honesty and authenticity.＜/p＞ ＜p＞His poetry displays a combination of humor, irony, and passion, riddled with midwestern common sense and sentimentality, as he examines the complexities of family, education, romance, religion, and divisive national issues.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In the book's title poem, the author claims he is just "a common boy from Illinois." Swanson is far from common. ＜em＞The Road We Take＜/em＞ is a tour de force, a book of poetry that is bo．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る