Publisher's Summary. The Only Worlds We Know is a nuanced and tactile look at both sobriety and what comes after. Patient meditations on loss and the land where the people we love live and are also buried. © Michael Lee (P) Button Publishing Inc. Death, Grief Loss Family United States. · These are not easy poems, and Lee offers no easy solutions Yes, there’s wreckage here, but also these words will carry you. This is a striking debut collection―a voice that feels urgent, honest, and earned." "The Only Worlds We Know is an “act of remembering like sharpening a blade until the blade is gone.”.EDITION: Paperback. · The Only Worlds We Know by Michael Lee. Lee’s poems often follow unique routes, as with “Hum,” which begins with a hovering fly “touching me lightly / before lifting off surprised, as I am, / by my warmth.” A little stunned, a little curious, the narrator is frozen: “this buzzing I cannot kill.”.
The Only Worlds We Know. Michael Lee's The Only Worlds We Know is a staggering debut that grapples with sobriety and survival. The Only Worlds We Know Lee paints a nuanced and tactile portrait of addiction, and an unflinching look at the life that is built in recovery. Having suffered unspeakable grief, these poems are patient meditations on. On Suffering, Compassion and Healing the World. "My goal is to change the world and to change the world's consciousness about children, about ecology and the planet, to make it a better place for everybody, starting with the children. That's the future, really. And, I'll stick with it forever, until it is done". Find many great new used options and get the best deals for The Only Worlds We Know by Michael Lee | at the best online prices at eBay!
The Only Worlds We Know by Michael Lee. Lee’s poems often follow unique routes, as with “Hum,” which begins with a hovering fly “touching me lightly / before lifting off surprised, as I am, / by my warmth.” A little stunned, a little curious, the narrator is frozen: “this buzzing I cannot kill.”. Lee’s work carries readers, beyond personal demons, beyond life, death, and grief, tenderly, patiently pulling us through The Only Worlds We Know. An award winning short film of Michael Lee’s poem “Pass On” helped to break stereotypes about poetry and pave the way for thousands of poets to broadcast their work in video as well as in print. The Only Worlds We Know by Michael Lee is a small book of poems. The poems talk about pain, loss, grief, addiction and people we love. I felt that the poems are very intense. There were a little loud and on the darker side but certain lines in the poems make you pause and re-read to understand the depth.
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