David Yezzi Livres

Exploring the interplay between perception and reality, the work delves into the nuances of art and human desire through evocative imagery. Yezzi's sharp, precise language invites readers to examine the hidden depths beneath the surface of everyday experiences. With a keen philosophical insight, he masterfully employs poetic techniques to create emotionally resonant verse that captivates and provokes thought, making the complexities of the human condition both accessible and profound.

The first definitive biography of American poet Anthony Hecht.

With formal grace and dexterity, David Yezzi's More Things in Heaven draws from his four previous volumes and includes seventeen new poems that explore art and friendship, marriage and family, and a renewal through poetry that his careful craftmanship makes possible. Here you will find compressed lyrics as well as longer, blank-verse narratives reminiscent of Robert Frost or Anthony Hecht. As Yezzi memorializes a host of relations and experience with humor and humanity, we are reminded of Shakespeare not only in the title of this volume, but also in the sheer range of characters - friends, family, poets, fellow citizens - given life in these poems.

The collection features a blend of intense lyrical poetry and dramatic narratives, showcasing the struggles of urban life through compelling characters. Among them are a man clearing out a deceased friend's apartment, an actor caught in a comedic rendition of Macbeth, and a short-order cook who transforms his mundane job into an art. These vivid portrayals reflect the resilience of city dwellers, akin to the birds of the air, as they navigate their challenging environments and seek meaning amidst their hardships.

Exploring the primal desire for love, this play-in-verse delves into the untamed aspects of human nature. With vivid scenes and a blend of haunting lyricism and humor, it evokes comparisons to early Albee. The characters navigate their raw instincts and appetites, striving to awaken to the wildness within themselves. David Yezzi's work captures the essence of life's ferocity and the complexities of longing.

"David Yezzi's fourth book of poems considers what it's like, during times of roiling change, to feel like a stranger on one's own street and in one's own country. This uprooting is partly geographic, partly psychic: what was familiar has become as foreign as the fabled Black Sea (the site of the Roman poet Ovid's exile). The emotional pressure of this dislocation pushes his poems into lyric fragments and mordant humor. Home, once a comfort, now hides a threat."-- Distributor's website