CHASING PHOEBUS: A Collection of Poems
| dc.contributor.author | Gustafson, Jim | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-06-27T17:43:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-06-27T17:43:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The poems in this collection arise from place and season. The place is South Florida; the season is winter. Older folks come to this place to escape the earth’s move from the sun, for here it is easier to pretend the constant warm will keep the truth of life’s closing snows at bay. Some of these poems drift north to youth and disquieting memories, then return to reflect on nature, the nature things and the natural progression of time. Some lines capture the brevity of the best of times, others the prolonged agonizing uncertainty of age. They purposefully deny constant rules, vary in form and formality. There is meter, rhyme, syllabic pattern, and open verse. The variety is fitting to the cobbled crooked path a son takes to become grandfather; and a grandfather stagger along toward life’s end. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11868/90 | |
| dc.publisher | MFA in Creative Writing, The University of Tampa | |
| dc.subject | Seasons | en_US |
| dc.subject | Poetry | en_US |
| dc.subject | Age | en_US |
| dc.subject | Nature | en_US |
| dc.title | CHASING PHOEBUS: A Collection of Poems | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |