An Eye For An Eye Makes The Whole World
Blind -Poets on 9/11 features poems by over 100 poets from all over
America, including the former Poet Laureate of the United States. This
important book creates an alternative poetic response to the din of collective
madness that has characterized our national dialogue since 9/11/2001. Many of
the poets have projected themselves into the minds and bodies of the victims
of 9/11, the firemen and policemen who were searching the wreckage of the
buildings, those who threw themselves from the World Trade Center's heights
and even the hijackers. They express deep emotions and profound thoughts with
the severe attention to detail that makes poems revelatory. Upon reading these
poems written by so many diverse poets one sees a deepening of perception, of
renewed seriousness about the human predicament and about the necessity to
evolve into our full humanity. We hope the poems will help readers feel more
deeply, and think about our future, and ultimately act to achieve a more
peaceful and just world.
Edited by: Allen Cohen and Clive Matson
Foreword by: Michael Parenti
300 pages • 5.5 x 8.5 • paperback
New From REGENT PRESS
