My Favorite Warlord
My Favorite Warlord by Eugene Gloria is a first edition poetry collection published by Penguin on May 29, 2012. This 96-page work delves into themes of identity, relationships, and the poet’s sense of origin, presenting a rich tapestry of emotions and experiences. The collection features a variety of poetic forms, including elegy and psalm, as well as traditional Asian styles like haibun and pantoum.
Readers will find that the title poem connects Japan’s sixteenth-century warlord Hideyoshi with reflections on the poet’s father’s dementia, while “Here on Earth” addresses the complexities of post-racial America and personal displacement. Through elegant and passionate verses, Gloria explores a range of topics such as rage, civility, love, and the fears of frailty and erasure, making this collection a thoughtful examination of both personal and cultural narratives.
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A third collection from an award-winning poet, author of Sightseer in this Killing City, whose “gift is breathtaking” (Naomi Shihab Nye)
The themes of identity, relationships, and the poet’s sense of origin are at the heart of Eugene Gloria’s rich and captivating new collection. The title poem weaves together Japan’s sixteenth-century warlord Hideyoshi with a meditation about the poet’s father’s dementia; “Here on Earth” embraces post-racial America and the speaker’s own sense of displacement in the Midwest. In elegy and psalm, as well as ancient forms from Asia such as the haibun and pantoum, these elegant and passionate poems enact rage, civility, love, travel, and art as well as explore Gloria’s own fears of frailty and erasure.
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