On Purpose: Poems (edition 2010)

by Nick Laird

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On Purpose examines the often brutal arena of human relations. Informed by both wit and a melancholic undercurrent, the book thoughtfully provokes concepts of happiness and sadness, of warring and reparation. The volume concludes with an affecting sequence about a marriage, inspired by that most influential of military treatises, The Art of War.… (more)

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Title:	On Purpose: Poems
Authors:	Nick Laird
Info:	W. W. Norton & Company (2010), Edition: 1, Paperback, 80 pages
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There's a few really excellent pieces in here. But lots that I couldn't connect with or understand at all. (

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On Purpose examines the often brutal arena of human relations. Informed by both wit and a melancholic undercurrent, the book thoughtfully provokes concepts of happiness and sadness, of warring and reparation. The volume concludes with an affecting sequence about a marriage, inspired by that most influential of military treatises, The Art of War.

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