A first short collection of poems, prose poems,short poems&experimental forms.Comments, questions, reviews:
http://ptdiep.wordpress.com/
All mylove and thanksto my wife Maggie – a most excellent writer,my greatest supporter,my most trusted& true editor.
PTD
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Acknowledgements
Thanks to the editors that published most of these poems:‘A portrait of death as an artist’ was first published inthe winter 2008 issue of
Poetry News
. It also came aclose second in the Hamish Canham Poetry Prize for that year.Many of these poems were first published in
Ink Sweat and Tears
webzine.‘To catch a man’ was first published in
EasternVerses
by ForwardPress.‘Rendezvous under a Saigon sunset’ was first published in
flashquake
webzine.
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Lights out & other poems. Wake up! series. Vol. 1
A first short collection of poems, prose poems, short poems & experimental forms. Includes an experimental form I created called: Cleave poetry. One of the poems: ‘A portrai...
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A first short collection of poems, prose poems, short poems & experimental forms. Includes an experimental form I created called: Cleave poetry. One of the poems: ‘A portrait of death as an artist’ was first published in the winter 2008 issue of Poetry News. It also came a close second in the Hamish Canham Poetry Prize for that year. This is the judges verdict on it: "We had great trouble choosing between the last two poems. Phuoc-Tan Diep’s ‘Portrait of Death as an Artist’ is a powerful evocation of the aftermath of war. Through the metaphor of Death as a painter, we are invited to reflect on how, even long afterwards, the melancholy aesthetics of death persist. Through still and spare language, the pathos and loss of war are wonderfully evoked."
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