Thresherphobe

In his sixth collection, Mark Halliday continues to seek ways of using the smart playfulness of such poets as Frank OOCOHara and Kenneth Koch to explore lifeOCOs emotional mysteriesOCoboth dire and hilariousOCofrom the perpetual dissolving of our past to the perpetual frustration of our cravings for ego-triumph, for sublime connection with an erotically idealized Other, and for peace of spirit. Animated by belief in the possible truths to be reached in interpersonal speech, HallidayOCOs voice-driven poetry wants to find insightOCoor at least a stay against confusionOCo"through" personality without being trapped "in" personality. History will leave much of what we are on the threshing floor, Halliday notes, but in the meantime we do what we can; let posterity (if any!) say we rambled truly.
Forward Prizes for Poetry: Highly Commended for 'Classic Blunder' and 'Lois in the Sunny Tree'