As with his two previous titles for Magra Books, Desert Sequence and 17 Meditations on Time, Dennis Phillips continues his explorations into harmony and time with this sequence of 14-line poems, Sonnets. His rhythms respond to the pulse of everyday life, with a language consistently tuneful and precise. From his readings of Dante to the early sunlight lending grace to the trees outside his window, the poet steadfastly dwells in these brief excursions.
Drawings by Courtney Gregg.
As with his two previous titles for Magra Books, Desert Sequence and 17 Meditations on Time, Dennis Phillips continues his explorations into harmony and time with this sequence of 14-line poems, Sonnets. His rhythms respond to the pulse of everyday life, with a language consistently tuneful and precise. From his readings of Dante to the early sunlight lending grace to the trees outside his window, the poet steadfastly dwells in these brief excursions.
Drawings by Courtney Gregg.
Dennis Phillips (born 1951) is a U.S. poet & novelist. He co-edited the poetry-section of the New Review of Literature, was a founding editor of Littoral Books, the first Book Review Editor of the magazine Sulfur and the L.A. Weekly's first poetry-editor, as well as a director of the Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center. Phillips attended the California Institute of the Arts, where he studied with Clayton Eshleman. He then attended graduate school at New York University. He is a professor in the Humanities and Science Department at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, the city where he lives with his wife, artist Courtney Gregg, and their daughter.
