Beautiful Signor
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (621 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1556591241 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 112 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A trenchant search for beauty amidst a world ravaged by cruelty.
As the lovers travel throughout the Mediterranean, the speaker's passion for the Venetian spins out of control, culminating in "The Fool, The Foreigner." Here, his emotions find a correlative in his lines, rising to a lavish Sufi ecstasy; from this tightly wound height, they can only unravel like wicker, as in the section "after, morning": Amid scattered bedclothes, dawn-lit empty bottles, you sing at my awakening Lift me from the armor born of moments full of sting when my daft, abraided heart felt no one's beloved. The book's best qualities, however, lie outside the narrative in Cassells's line-by-line craft, such as "Today we embraced under a branch / in mummyish Linari." Although AIDS is never mentioned explicitly, the speaker's voice emerges from a backdrop of tragedy. Despite the speaker's lyrical power, the Beautiful Signor is ultimately unattainable, just as his relatives--Dante's Beatrice, Shakespeare's young lover, Ovid's fickle be
M. J. Smith said read twice then judge the quality. Cyrus Cassels other books of poetry (The Mud Actor & Soul Make a Path through Shouting) are both exquisite books of poetry - books that deserve all the attention they received by the prize-granting organizations. In reading Beautiful Signor, I initially felt that Cassels had made his first misstep - too erudite a vocabulary and sensuality without substance. The first concern, vocabulary, was justified at points. The second concern proved to be unjustified. As one progresses through the book, one discovers that the sensuality has substance - it . The "Love Poem" lives. A Customer A very close friend of mine, having just recently heard Cyrus Cassells read some of these poems, recommended I read this book. Since she is a rather astute and stringent critic and rarely recommends books of verse, I bought the book a few days later. Having just completed it, I can see why she was so impressed. Cassells' BEAUTIFUL SIGNOR is a collection of love poems composed in the style of the Troubadour, where the term lyric is ever true-these poems are the songs of a devotee. Cassells' descriptions are exacting, his metaphors fresh, interes. Beautiful. Must read. Kay A Cyrus Cassells is a magnificent poet who writes beautiful lyrical verses. Definitely one of my favorite contemporary poets. He writes about love in a way that is honest and sweet without being cloying. Love it.