Public Poems
- Arts & Literature
- Publisher: Resource Publications (Wipf and Stock)
- Published: 2022
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Publisher's Description
Public Poems revisits American history in view of present-day events and personalities. From the Gold Rush and Mexican Cession to the Civil War, Sitting Bull, the Great Depression, and World War II; and from Elvis, Superman, and Ricky Nelson to Pine Ridge, the New York Yankees, the Vietnam War, Robert Kennedy, the moon landing, and today's politics, these religious and secular snapshots of our past and present give us mirror images of ourselves.
Endorsements (1)
“Currently, many publications bristle with a didactic public poetry that, though well-intentioned, is flawed by parochial righteousness. Kent Gramm’s public voice which regularly employs rhyming couplets or blank verse with an unabashed old school earnestness remains untainted by preachiness. I admire the genuine democracy found in Gramm’s public poems whose subjects range widely from the topical to the historical to the poignantly elegiac, resonating with biting Swiftian wit, pure humor, and Frostian wisdom. This fulsome collection is quite smart and much fun.”
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