Good Hope Road

The lyricism of Dischell's Good Hope Road combines with the momentum of the narrative, dailiness and willingness to embrace wildness. Like Joyce's Dubliners, the poems in this book reflect a wide panorama of contemporary urban consciousness. Dischell's subjects are wronged lovers, thwarted citizens, an idealistic veteran, bickering relations--all with their entangled, fractious alliances. The second section of this edition provides monologues whose scenes are the shore, the city, and the countryside. Here you will find homages and elegies; childhood poems; betrayal and loss. This striking and powerful writer reintroduces us to his poetry.