FALLING FINE: Selected and New Poems
FALLING FINE: Selected and New Poems
Matt Hart’s FALLING FINE: Selected and New Poems collects in one volume a curated “setlist” of poems from poet and musician Matt Hart’s twelve previous books—many of which are out-of-print and/or difficult to acquire—along with a section of new and, until now, uncollected work. The book represents more than two decades of Hart’s commitment to small presses and the communities they foster, but also to the idea that “poetry is language made noisy with god”—a daily practice, a form of life in the air and in error—down the stairs, out of the sky, into the mosh pit, FALLNG FINE!
Poetry / 5.5 x 8.5 / 296 pages / Paperback
ISBN: ISBN: 978-0-9993985-8-6
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Praise for Hart’s work
“Hart never veers from the pull of emotions so many of his contemporaries coolly avoid. Instead, he motors into it, weary of death, of anything that fails to fill us with wonder.”—Matthew Guenette, Southern Indiana Review
“Hart […] reveals the instability in experiences and interactions with remarkable craftsmanship and command of imagery…suggesting that poetry affords a testing ground for ideas and speculations, and seemingly
implausible models of the world around us.”—Publisher’s Weekly
“[Hart’s] fragmented lines are sometimes jarring and dissonant as guitar skronk, sometimes sweet melody and tender buttons. Combined with the right amount of philosophical friction, stanzas ignite like a good bonfire— you feel Hart has put himself into the work completely, whole body and mind.” —Heidi Reszies, Ethernet