The Mad Angler
Poems
Michael Delp(Author)
Mission Point Press
Published on 25. June 2024
Book
Hardback
58 pages
978-1-961302-77-8 (ISBN)
Description
From the Introduction by Jack DriscollMichael Delp's Mad Angler alter ego is equal parts environmental crusader and water shaman, and his hostility toward those "feral hogs of greed" isn't so much invective or diatribe as it is an appeal for sanity in a world gone, well, mad. And at the "heart of the heart" of these poems is a voice attempting to transpose madness into song, rant into meditation, "the mist coming off the water," and in spite of the "piss swill of corporate runoff." And so, the occasion of these persona poems is twofold: First, to confront and speak - and in direct and unavoidable proximity to those "darker hearts of developers" - the language of cherishing and its corollary, the spirit and pursuit of preservation. And secondly to foster a respect for, and to defend the ancient and abiding imperative of committed stewardship. I say, cheers for such madness left unchecked and unapologetic, a wildness of heart that celebrates and holds every feeder creek and current, every wetland and backwater and swamp. Edgy, irate, calling out the "soul traders," the Mad Angler's passion for moving water runs deep and in the mysterious, and beautiful and oftentimes haunting images of these poems.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
263 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-961302-77-8 (9781961302778)
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Michael Delp lives and fishes in Northern Michigan. He is the author of several collections of poetry and a collection of short stories from Wayne State University Press. He is the former Director of Creative Writing at Interlochen Arts Academy and is also Co-editor Emeritus of the award-winning Made in Michigan book series from Wayne State University Press.