...And I laughed : poems of hope, love, friendship, and family by Tyx, P. T., author instant download

...And I laughed : poems of hope, love, friendship, and family by Tyx, P. T., author instant download

134 pages ; 23 cm, \"P.T, Tyx provides a compelling case for the value of poetry today and tomorrow. He believes in being understood. He rejects the obscurantism favored by many poets in the academic world. He refuses to create the dense word thickets that might help him win literary prizes. In this collection of Tyx’s best poems, the poet has included a brief autobiographical explanation with each poem. In each case, the incident he shares with us serves as the basis for his poems. Tyx never hides behind language; instead he is forthrightly marshals everyday words to do yeoman duty. Throughout his lifetime, P.T. Tyx has written from the heart about what has mattered to himself and to the to the people he has come to love.\"--Back cover, \"P.T, Tyx provides a compelling case for the value of poetry today and tomorrow. He believes in being understood. He rejects the obscurantism favored by many poets in the academic world. He refuses to create the dense word thickets that might help him win literary prizes. In this collection of Tyx’s best poems, the poet has included a brief autobiographical explanation with each poem. In each case, the incident he shares with us serves as the basis for his poems. Tyx never hides behind language; instead he is forthrightly marshals everyday words to do yeoman duty. Throughout his lifetime, P.T. Tyx has written from the heart about what has mattered to himself and to the to the people he has come to love.\"--Back cover