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The Markov Chain by Ted Pearson, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

From Ted Pearson

Current price: $22.00
The Markov Chain by Ted Pearson, Paperback | Indigo Chapters
The Markov Chain by Ted Pearson, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

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The Markov Chain by Ted Pearson, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

From Ted Pearson

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Poetry. "When Basil Bunting declared that 'Pens are too light. / Take a chisel to write, ' I imagine he had in mind the kind of exact and exacting poetry Ted Pearson has been steadily producing for decades. In THE MARKOV CHAIN, Pearson presents a series of eight-line poems, each composed of four exquisitely crafted alexandrines: 'These formal restrictions // are like benedictions...Constraints lead to freedoms // exceeding predictions.' Raising the ante, Pearson uses these formal constraints to probe the social constraints contemporary culture imposes on art and life. 'When the People say we, // they don't mean you and me. / The consensus they're seeking // will set no one free.' This double take on constraints creates an animating tension throughout the book, one in which 'The gist of the lyric // tells a whole other tale.' Pearson's chiseled poems enact a deep investigation into language that at once revels in and questions its own constraints. Follow at your own pace, but Pearson's ear, as always, won't lead you astray."-Paul Naylor | The Markov Chain by Ted Pearson, Paperback | Indigo Chapters
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