Selected poems: New Enlarged Edition

by Kenneth Patchen

Hardcover, 1957

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[New York] New Directions

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The late Kenneth Patchen was unique among contemporary poets for his direct and passionate concern with the most essential elements in the tragic, comic, blundering and at rare moments glorious world around us. He wrote about the things we can feel; with our whole being--the senselessness of war, the need for love among men on earth, the presence of God in man, the love for a beloved woman, social injustice and the continual resurgence of the beautiful in life.

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LibraryThing member Cail_Judy
What a voice. What a style. What a legend.

This was a slow burn of a read. I enjoyed a few poems every morning, with a few sessions of 20-30 at a time. At 140-odd pages, this book was far deeper in content then I expected. I read everything and was happy to see a few of his picture-poems includes as
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well. Lots of inspiration and ideas born out of his work. I was confounded, moved and punched in the jaw by Patchen's work .
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