Sonnets with Two Torches and One Cliff

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By Robert Thomas

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Sonnets with Two Torches and One Cliff offers a fresh and modern take on the classic Western sonnet form. Robert Thomas presents eighty unconventional sonnets that explore love and jealousy—traditional poetic themes—from unique and unexpected perspectives. The poems imagine other galaxies harbouring a vague longing for Earth’s cultural treasures, blending humour, heartbreak, and profundity in a captivating collection.
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This collection will appeal to readers interested in modern poetry, especially those curious about experimental approaches to traditional forms and themes.

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A fresh and modern take on one of the most classic poetic forms in the Western literary tradition.

“What if creatures in other galaxies / have a vague sense that something is missing, / but don’t know it’s Little Richard, Shakespeare, / and cornbread with plum jam?” In this collection, Robert Thomas presents eighty nontraditional sonnets that explore love and jealousy—the traditional obsessions of sonnets—from nontraditional angles. Other galaxies are jealous of Earth in these heartbreaking, funny, ecstatic, profound, and never boring poems.

Sonnets with Two Torches and One Cliff offers a unique perspective on familiar themes, captivating readers with its imaginative and witty approach.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780887486913

Publisher: Carnegie-Mellon University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 February 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Carnegie-Mellon University Press

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 7.0mm

Width: 167.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 140g

Pages: 96

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Poetry Robert Thomas

About the Author

Robert Thomas’s novella Bridge received the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Fiction. His first poetry collection, Door to Door, was selected by Yusef Komunyakaa for the Poets Out Loud Prize, and his second, Dragging the Lake, was published by Carnegie Mellon University Press. He has received an NEA Fellowship and a Pushcart Prize, and he lives with his wife in Oakland, California.