Overview
With the ācorpse of Frostā under his heel, Tierney reckons with a life that resists poetic rendition. The transgenerational impact of mental illness, a struggle with disordered eating, a fatherās death from cancer, the loss of loved ones to addiction and suicideāall of these compound to āmonth after / monthā and ādream / after dreamā of struck-through lines. Still, Tierney commands poetryās cathartic potential through searing images: wallpaper peeling like āwrist skin when a grater slips,ā a ālaugh as good as a scream,ā pears as hard as a tumor. These poems commune with their ghosts not to overcome, but to release.
The course of Rise and Float is not straightforward. Where one poem gently confesses to ātrying, these days, to believe again / in people,ā another concedes that ādefeat / sometimes is defeat / without purpose.ā Look: the chair is just a chair.ā But therein lies the beauty of this collection: in the proximity (and occasional overlap) of these voices, we see something alluringly, openly human. Between a boy ātorn openā by dogs and a suicide, ātwo beautiful teenagers are kissing.ā Between screams, something intimateāhope, however difficult it may be.
This book title, Rise and Float (Poems), ISBN: 9781571315199, by Brian Tierney, published by Milkweed Editions (February 8, 2022) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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