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Ordinary Mornings of a Coliseum

by Norman Dubie

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Publisher Comments:

Poetry. The New York Times called Norman Dubie "one of our premier poets" and his new book proves the point. This "broken fantasia" addresses humankind's engagement with spiritual practice. Backdropped by politics and religion, Dubie searches of independent, individual meaning through the lives of visionary holy men such as Meister Eckhart, Rumi, the Tibetan Tashi Lama, the mathematician Ramanujan, Michel de Nostradam and the Egyptian recluse, Cyril. "I adore how they are all ignoring us," Dubie writes, "with an absolute genius-like snoring."

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"Dubie's poems are unmatched in their incandescent imaginings, gorgeous language, and fearless tracking of the inexorably turning wheel of existence." Donna Seaman, Booklist

Synopsis:

This "broken fantasia" explores spiritual practice through the lives of eccentric holy people.
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About the Author

Norman Dubie is the author of nineteen books of poetry and served as poetry editor for The Iowa Review and director of the graduate poetry workshop at the University of Iowa. He helped found the MFA program at Arizona State University in Tempe, where he teaches as a regents professor for creative writing.
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ISBN:
9781556592133
Author:
Dubie, Norman
Publisher:
Copper Canyon Press
Location:
Port Townsend, Wash.
Subject:
Spiritual life
Subject:
American - General
Subject:
General Poetry
Subject:
Poetry-A to Z
Copyright:
2004
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Series Volume:
G-2003-56
Publication Date:
October 2004
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
121
Dimensions:
8.98x6.04x.41 in. .46 lbs.
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