02205oam 22004334a 450 991079302460332120180831030004.00-8229-8622-1(CKB)4100000006179192(MiAaPQ)EBC5495911(OCoLC)1049568389(MdBmJHUP)muse68921(EXLCZ)99410000000617919220180831d2018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSidebend World[electronic resource] /Charles Harper WebbPittsburgh, Pa. University of Pittsburgh Press[2018]1 online resource (ix, 78 pages)Pitt poetry seriesPoems.0-8229-6561-5 Sidebend World shows clearly why Webb has been called one of the most inventive, incisive, and psychologically astute poets writing in the U.S.A. today, as well as one of the most entertaining. Webb is celebrated for his use of humor; yet even his funniest poems rise, as the best humor must, from serious concerns. Powered by an uncompromising but compassionate intelligence and an abiding wonder at the beautiful strangeness of the world, Sidebend World explores with clarity and vividness a wide range of emotions--love to hate, tenderness to brutality; yet, above all, Webb is a poet of praise. Metaphors of startling aptness and originality, a distinctive voice at once provocative and endearing, high musicality, propulsive energy, wild imaginative leaps, as well as mastery of diction from lyricism to street-speak, create a reading experience of the first order. These poems go down easy, but pack a wallop. As Robert Frost said poetry should do, Sidebend World "begins in delight and ends in wisdom."Pitt poetry series.English poetryPoetry.Electronic books. English poetry.821.008Webb Charles Harper1472643MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910793024603321Sidebend World3776765UNINA