The found art in “Explode” are poesy movements. Dada (Contrapposto poets succumbing to peaches...) It sounds like Jazz (See Sisyphus scorn at amber headlights in Paris dew...) Looks like Impressionism (is day of rest I worship Santa Barbara and the celestial trip I straddle...) Expressionism (On the Orange Line... I saw dog paws tattooed on her thigh and red daisies on her boots...) And Surrealism (In random chimera conceits I think of blue nights...) “Explode”...

Contesting Heaven and Earth, in Shakespearean Verse! (Now joined by the author's audiobook narration) Angels skirmish in space, prophets hold kingdoms to ransom, and shapeshifting goddesses come to men in their sleep. Hailed as "an exemplar of epic poetry" (San Francisco Review of Books), LeRoy recalls the great works of Homer, Dante, and Shakespeare with his otherworldly scenes. 1.Obama's Dream Troubled dreams plague a president as a devil whispers...

Two visionary epics, one master storyteller! Recalling the great oral tradition of Homer and the ancient poets, this masterful performance by the author gazes from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven. Angels battle, politicians scheme, prophets conjure miracles among a rich and varied cast of characters, all rendered in exquisite verse and passion outpoured. Obama's Dream A brotherhood of angels prepares for battle, tears are shed in heaven,...

A new translation of Homer's work of "one-eyed man-eating giants; irresistibly seductive sirens; shipwrecks and narrow escapes; princesses and monsters; ghosts sipping blood at the Underworld's portal, desperate for a chance to speak to the living; and the final destruction of all of Odysseus's enemies in the banquet hall"--Dust jacket flap.

National Book Award Finalist: The most widely read and enduring interpretation of this ancient Babylonian epic. One of the oldest and most universal stories known in literature, the epic of Gilgamesh presents the grand, timeless themes of love and death, loss and reparations, within the stirring tale of a hero-king and his doomed friend. A National Book Award finalist, Herbert Mason's retelling is at once a triumph of scholarship, a masterpiece of...

Among the great works of world literature, perhaps one of the least familiar to English readers is the Shahnameh, the national epic of Persia. This prodigious narrative, composed by the poet Ferdowsi between the years 980 and 1010, tells the story of pre-Islamic Iran, beginning in the mythic time of Creation and continuing forward to the Arab invasion in the seventh century. As a window on the world, Shahnameh belongs in the company of such literary...