The Mad Reverend
or For The Dog
Steven Cope's previous collections of poetry have shown him to be master of the persona poem....in The Mad Reverend, Cope gives us a startling collection of poems in the words of one who he says is "not so much a person as a state of mind." Cope's versatility and lyricism as he explores our relationship with nature, while he seeks to understand the holy and the profane, continue to amaze us.
From The Mad Reverend
I thought too
I thought too of going back.
I thought of being what I was.
I thought of ignoring my age
and thumbing my way down to Xanadu,
strumming "Your Bleepin' Heart"
one last time on the reel-to-reel,
the whole frigging world gone digital.
I thought of bearing Luke on my shoulders
and leaping over the damn wall,
all the sons-of-bitchin cars
getting out of our way,
Luke grinning like a Cheshire,
me wild as a mad reverend.
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