The Octaves: Poems

An accomplished poet and a keen observer of the human condition, David Slavitt deploys both skills to create the whimsical, insightful, and witty poems of The Octaves. In these graceful but often blunt, slyly humorous eight-line poems, Slavitt notes the passing of decades and the loss that entails, the questions that arise when studying works from ancient Greece, and the paradoxes found in philosophy, art, and even the common cold.

Author: David R. Slavitt
Publisher: LSU Press
Published: 11/06/2017
Pages: 124
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.37lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.29d
ISBN: 9780807166376

About the Author
David R. Slavitt has published over 100 books of poetry, fiction, and translation. This volume marks his twenty-second collection of poetry with LSU Press.