Star Dust: Poems
by Frank Bidart
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That the book first half of the book, Music Like Dirt, is heralded as the first chapbook ever to be a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize is bound to irritate some folks. Chapbooks have been around for a long time and Music Like Dirt does not stand out as a remarkable in terms of what the genre can do. "For Bill Nestrick" & "Advice to the Players" are not good enough.
"The Third Hour of the Night" makes up for this. Bidart is only beautiful when there's an element...more
"The Third Hour of the Night" makes up for this. Bidart is only beautiful when there's an element...more
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So I've read all of this except the long poem, "The Third Hour of the Night." There are some really opaque moments here, and as I described it to Paul, it is at times gratingly solipsistic and even precious in its sentiment. This seems to be overcompensation for the times when he's brutally confrontational (i.e. "Herbert White, form an earlier book) or too given to personae - as though he's earned the right to sentimentality, or the right to approach it a lot more closely than o...more
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Read in September, 2008
I've so far only read the final, longest poem in the book, but it is tremendously beautiful.
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Read in January, 2005
I've rambled enough about Bidart in my other reviews, so I'll just say: Bidart was robbed of the National Book Award in 2005 for Star Dust, which went instead to Merwin. Oh, well. You should read this book instead.
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i'm working through it....tough reads
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Read in August, 2008
These poems are great! If you'r a poetry fan, these are for you. Some remind me a little of e.e. cummings styles but not completely.
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Read in May, 2008
This man's language is sensual. There are times I am only dimly aware of where he has taken me, but it's always thrilling to go.
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I'm adding an extra star because he liked one of my poems. Watch out, he might Bi-dart you in the ass.
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I'm won over by the long ekphrastic poem.
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