{"product_id":"still-on-earth-poems-paperback-softback-9780807183960","title":"Still on Earth; Poems (Paperback \/ softback) 9780807183960","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eStill on Earth\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePoems\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Romtvedt (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780807183960\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 3 March 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e102 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 0.6 cm, 0.166 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"David Romtvedt's particular alchemy is to embody his poems fully in the senses even as they draw on an ethereal oneness that finds as much room in the firmament for our absurdities as for our graces.\" - Teresa Jordan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The poems in \u003ci\u003eStill on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e are deeply serious yet cheerily absurdist. . . . Clear and straightforward, Romtvedt's poems are filled with surprises, with undercurrents rising to the surface.\" - Mary Swander\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Romtvedt renders encounters—whether alien, angelic, or everyday—in a finely tuned voice that is unassuming but incisive, and always profoundly moving. \u003ci\u003eStill on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e opens splendidly with 'Interstellar' being the best poem about aliens and French-speaking dogs I've seen in a long time.\" - William Wenthe\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Romtvedt's subjects are big and significant—mortality, love, wonder, fear, the enormous and self-evident mystery that is time. But he speaks of and to these immemorial poetic themes in exceptionally lucid and yet sidelong terms, because he knows—he says so, directly—that 'the universe belongs to those who dance,' and in speaking so he makes us hope, and believe, that that is true.\" - Robert Wrigley\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eStill on Earth, \u003c\/i\u003eDavid Romtvedt addresses the sometimes disconcerting, sometimes thrilling, and, if we accept the writer's premise, always wacky crossings experienced by figures identified as the person, the poet, and the angel. All three intersect and collide with the society and culture within which they exist, prompting speculation that uncertainty could be preferable to knowing. Romtvedt's delightfully plainspoken and immediate poems probe the mysterious purpose of our stay on earth with humor, candor, and grace. \t\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cbr\u003e \tA poem, the father in the book argues, is worth next to nothing. And while the son disagrees, having experienced transformation through language, he also recognizes that the poem cannot buy the groceries and pay the rent. Or perhaps it can and it's just tricky. After having devoted years to writing, the poet remains uncertain and speculates that uncertainty is not so bad and is preferable to knowing. \t\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cbr\u003e \tBetween the person and the poet, \u003ci\u003eStill on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e presents the angel who seems to have the same father that the person and the poet had. The two fathers are too close for comfort. For the angel, we must imagine a being with no experience of the physical suddenly confronted with the demands of the body, a being both naïve and worldly—otherworldly. The angel has been here before. In Romtvedt's reckoning, we all have. It's just hard to remember.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52551798423832,"sku":"9780807183960","price":14.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/still-on-earth-poems-paperback-softback-9780807183960","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}