Ghost Notes

by Ralph Burns

In his deeply innovative and beautifully human Ghost Notes, Ralph Burns explores the vivid relation between American jazz and American poetry. His book embodies the movement of jazz in the long title poem he plays wide open, without a mute, as Red Allen advises. The result is inclusive and exhilarating, a structure that keeps on opening and opening. Winner of the 2000 FIELD Poetry Prize.

Genres: Poetry

76 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2001

Reviews

[Cardee · Rating 5 out of 5]

A beautiful collection of Poetry. "In summer all secrets are hid,/encoded in thought like water music." This line and several others like it made me miss summers of no responsibility. And then, of course, there's the beauty of Burns' language.