Fierce Elegy Word Weapons And if you yourself are

And if you yourself are incompatible with your view of the world

words have intricate texture

and heartbreak

and also to suspend

is widely considered to be one of the most generative and innovative works of contemporary American poetry

Fierce Elegy Word Weapons And if you yourself arePeter Gizzi Peter Gizzi's powerful new collection reminds us that the elegy is lament but alsoas it has been for centuriesa work of love. Peter Gizzi has said that "the elegy is a mode that can transform a broken heart in a fierce world into a fierce heart in a broken world." For Gizzi, ferocity can be reimagined as vulnerability, bravery and discovery, a braiding of emotional and otherworldly depth, "a holding open." In Gizzi's voice joy and sorrow