Upcycling Paumanok

In Upcycling Paumanok, Ned Balbo shows how the currents of mid-century memory connect to our contemporary moment. Despite archaic oracles and architecture's visionaries, time refuses to yield its secrets, though love impels us toward renewal and a future unforeseen. Popular culture and history -- Winsor McCay, Jack Kirby, The Poseidon Adventure, Times Square, evolution, neuroscience -- provide a backdrop that Balbo depicts with tenderness and humor. A rondel, a terzanelle, a poem in rhyme royal, a rondeau redoublé, a curtal sonnet, and more are among the masterfully metrical forms encountered along the way, while "The Woods" -- a suburban pastoral and wide-ranging meditation -- is a moving example of Balbo's eye for period detail and the restless imagination he brings to every poem.

• | Author: Ned Balbo
• | Publisher: Measure Press Inc.
• | Publication Date: May 29, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 98 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1939574153
• | ISBN-13: 9781939574152