| #1685534 in Books | New Directions | 1957-01-17 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.00 x.50 x5.20l,.35 | File type: PDF | 146 pages | ||4 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| Stunningly Wonderful Poetry!|By Frank|Remember your first kiss with the cutest girl in the neighborhood? Remember that favorite pet you hope to see again on the Rainbow Bridge? Kenneth Patchen's best works are truly magical. Forget everything else you've ever read. This guy was simply the most colorful, sincere, and imaginative of them all. Do I sound like a cheerleader?|About the Author|Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972) was one of the most prolific American poets of his time. He was born in Niles, Ohio. He attended school at the University of Madison-Wisconsin where he met his wife, Miriam Oikemus. They moved to Greenwich Village and
This selection is drawn from ten earlier volumes by the poet who has been called "the most compelling force in American poetry since Whitman."
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 ...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Selected Poems | Kenneth Patchen.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.