Godfrey, John

City of Corners

ISBN: 9781933517322
Seattle, WA & New York, NY: Wave Books, 2008. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by John Godfrey. "And you go down that street / Rainbows ahead bling you / like midnight never does / and I wonder where/ evening will be tonight / My loved ones waiting there // I pretend my swagger / through debris / is the holy dance / of the many my days / On the remotest sidewalk / facing the moon / I cannot say / the orphan still lives / and you recognize / the battleground / You can hide her in / quadrangle dirt / the buildings are / old and half blind // With an enemy like daylight who needs / the psychology dime / Hips do the work / and I cross the world" ("Waiting There," pg. 9) A collection of poems by John Godfrey (b. 1945), the acclaimed & prolific American poet who is a long-time denizen of the East Village poetry scene in Manhattan & is a retired nurse-clinician. Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket, one of 250 copies hand-numbered & signed by Godfrey at colophon affixed to recto of final leaf/rear endpaper, this is copy No. 129/250. From the collection of Dan Rzicznek (b. 1979), an Ohio poet & academician at Bowling Green State University. A rich, rewarding & beautiful production; an essential Godfrey collectible in its rarest contemporary form with distinguished poetic provenance. Book in very fine condition, appearing substantially mint inside & out. Dust jacket very fine with only a hint of rubbing, faint scratching to front, back covers & spine; some tiny bumps, creases at/from edges & corners of same & flaps. Very Fine / Very Fine. [Item #8070]

Price: $40.00