
Grayscale
Poems
David Huddle(Author)
Louisiana State University Press
Published on 20. February 2004
Book
Hardback
64 pages
978-0-8071-2949-4 (ISBN)
Description
In his compelling new collection, David Huddle writes. "We think / we stand in the vivid color of here and now / and view the past as drab black and white, / whereas the truth is - it's our future / that's the off-center, badly focused grayscale." Spiraling between the tenses of time, David Huddle creates in these vibrant poems a defense against the encroachment of age through the resources of language and memory, imagination and art. Moments recollected from his own life and family seem appealingly familiar; a teenage dance, Grandmama's morning coffee, young daughters playing dolls. With age, wonder has become understanding, and so when intimations of his death arise in the midst of sharing a joke with his children, the poet shows us the comfort and peace that murky prospect may hold. Undaunted, Huddle gives us in Grayscale not false hopes about our lives but a range of ways to transcend their limits.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Baton Rouge
United States
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 133 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8071-2949-4 (9780807129494)
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David Huddle has published four previous poetry volumes, most recently Summer Lake: New and Selected Poems, and six books of fiction. Originally from Virginia, he has taught at the University of Vermont since 1971.