| #4947066 in Books | Ohio University Press | 2001-02-14 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.50 x.25 x5.51l,.36 | File type: PDF | 103 pages | ||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Truly, an inheritance!|By Geoffrey Philp|In Midland, Kwame Dawes describes journeys (geographical, spiritual and aesthetic) which ultimately leave us in state of grace contained in the title poem. Dawes moves us easily between London, Jamaica, Africa and South Carolina as only someone of his intelligence, humour and talent could and creates a poetic tapestry as a true inhe|From Library Journal|Reading the sensuous poetry of Dawes, one's first impression is of immersion in the atmosphere of the Caribbean, "the stench of wisteria crawling its pale purple/ path through a dying swamp." (Born in Ghana, Dawes grew up in Jamaica and now
The winning manuscript of the fourth annual Hollis Summers Poetry Prize is also the exciting American debut by a poet who has already established himself as an important international poetic voice. Midland, the seventh collection by Kwame Dawes, draws deeply on the poet's travels and experiences in Africa, the Caribbean, England, and the American South. Marked equally by a lushness of imagery, an urgency of tone, and a muscular rhythm, Midland You easily download any file type for your gadget.Midland: Poems (Hollis Summers Poetry Prize) | Kwame Dawes. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
