Don Langford’s fourth collection of poems, Water Rock Time, presents a more personal side of the poet’s exploration of impermanence, loss, and patience than expressed in his previous books. Some of the poems are insightful descriptions of natural scenes that convey the poet’s perceptive observations of the ramifications of change over time. In other poems he displays his wit and linguistic skill in demonstrating the limitations and shortcomings of language itself, sometimes teasing reader expectations through his sardonic and surreal playfulness with language. Above all, this collection is a wide-ranging exploration by a traveler moving through physical and psychological landscapes with wonder and reverence, always inviting the reader to look more deeply into our social relationships and our interactions with the natural world around us.
A propos de l’auteur
Don Langford was born in Ontario, Canada, grew up in Southern California, and has lived and studied in Oregon and Ohio. He was the recipient of an Academy of American Poets Award and the winner of the first Roger Weaver Poetry Prize at Oregon State University. He earned a doctorate in English from The Ohio State University after completing his dissertation entitled The Primacy of Place in Gary Snyder’s Ecological Vision. His poem ‘Vivid Dreams, Antarctica’ was nominated for a Pushcart Prize and he has published poems in several literary magazines. He now spends his time writing poems, hiking, and traveling with his wife, Marlene.
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