First Light: New and Selected Poems
Much of First Light is autobiographical, a young boy growing into urban manhood; it's a book of family, of strangers, of learning to tell time by the people that populated E. Ethelbert Miller's life. He has populated his work with mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters and lovers who fight daily to be able to do simple things like drink clean water and sleep without gunshots interrupting their dreams. He takes instruction from Pablo Neruda, Margaret Walker, political prisoners and finds inspiration in the aloneness of Winnie Mandela. Mostly, it is a book of love, personal and cultural. It's silences are penetrating, its insights are liberating, its violence is quieting and its love is contagious.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1574780425
ISBN13:9781574780420
Release Date:January 1994
Publisher:Black Classic Press
Length:194 Pages
Weight:0.62 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"
Customer Reviews
1 rating
the message is love...
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
he can say more in 5 lines than some writers can say in 500 pages. reading his poems will make you feel good, no matter how bad your day has been.
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