Against Misanthropy
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (624 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1609642074 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 172 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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In that moment, all of existence—past, present and future—has coalesced into a singular moment, a single gem with an infinite expanse. I am everyone and everything, and everything and everyone is me. Tabios the moment, the space, from which I attempt to create poems. As one of her Facebook friends Maxwell Clark told her, and she agrees, “The best person is the best poet.” Excerpts from AGAINST MISANTHROPY: I think the human race is on a suicide path.…where are the moments of joy, of beauty, of grace within this doomsday path humans are on? From where or how do we come up with reasons that make it worthwhile to continue living? To rush out of our beds to greet the day? To smile? To laugh? Well, for me, these moments would occur through the positive interactions made possible by love and respect for other people, creatures and the environment….I look at these moments, and if I bear in mind my own apocalyptic forecast for the human race, I view these moments—the stubbornness of their continued existence against all odds—as poetry in the sense that poetry's task is not to affirm the (unjust) st
"What makes Eileen R. Tabios tick, create, and stay our favorite?" according to Grady Harp. Eileen R. Tabios is one of the more adventuresome and truly creative poets before the public today. She is absolutely able to write poems in the usual styles and make her works resonate with every reader. But she always is searching for ways to push the use of words into formats or situation that challenge the brain as well as heart. She makes us think: she makes us work.Definition `Misanthropy is the general hatred, distrust or disdain of the human species or human nature'. And why would Eileen elect this title AGAINST MISANTHROPY? Hopefully this will help. In this fascinating stroll through `a life in poetry' she seems to be attempting to s