The Human Line Bass Ellen
The Human Line Bass Ellen "Poetry," writes best-selling author Ellen Bass, "is the way I pay attention, appreciate, give praise, struggle, grieve, rage, and pray. Bass brings attention to life's…
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The Human Line Bass Ellen
"Poetry," writes best-selling author Ellen Bass, "is the way I pay attention, appreciate, give praise, struggle, grieve, rage, and pray. Bass brings attention to life's endearing absurdities, and many of the poems flash with a keen sense of humor. It's the way I embody my love for the world."The Human Line, Bass' seventh book of poems, startles with its precise detail, intimate images, and wild metaphors.
When I get home, my son has a headache, and though he's almost grown, asks me to sing him a song.We lie together on the lumpy couch and I warble out the old show tunes, Night and Day . . She also faces many of the crucial moral dilemmas of our time--genetic engineering, environmental issues, continuous war, heterosexism--and grounds her vision in the small, private workings of the heart. . . . .They Can't