Böcker av Eric Greinke

These forty-four new poems by Eric Greinke evoke and illuminate the metaphors and symbols of out lives through portraits, observed moments and personal memories. These peoms rely on descriptive imagery and an expansive persona often expressed in third person to stimulate the reader's associative imagination. Each peom explores our relationship with time and the monuments we leave behind. At the age of seventy, Eric Greinke continues to expand his range, tonal repertoire and petic vision, inviting his readers to join in the creative process in recognition of common myths and experiences.

Boom! Widely published poets Alison Stone and Eric Greinke wrote these inventive poems together from February 2014 to April 2017. Although they each wrote an equal number of lines in each poem, they used a variety of patterns, ranging from simple, every-other-line patterns to more complex forms wherein they alternated beginnings, middles, endings and titles. The tone of these poems is varied too, ranging from ironic and humorous to philosophical and elegiac, from narrative to lyric. The voices of Alison and Eric blend seamlessly into a bold third persona, a gender-neutral and ageless punk poet who can both whisper and shout.

This selection of interviews with the author of "The Potential of Poetry" represents the poet''s poetic philosophy over a thirty-five year period, from 1977 to the present. The five interviews were first published in a variety of literary journals, in both printed and electronic formats. They were chosen to help readers understand the factors that have contributed to Greinke''s poetic style and philosophy. The written-conversational format is entertaining yet informative, and the incisive questions of the interviewers elicit perceptive replies, showing how Eric Greinke''s ideas have grown from early basic seeds into a forest of poetic and social insights. These conversations are rich with reminiscences and references to many well-known post--modern poets with whom the author has interacted at workshops and poetry readings or through correspondence or personal friendships. (i.e. Ted Berrigan, Robert Bly, Donald Hall, Allen Ginsberg) This collection adds another dimension to the ideas of one of America''s most influential poets.