Book description
Charles Rafferty's latest collection of prose poems turns philosophical. In A Cluster of Noisy Planets, Rafferty captures the rhythms and patterns of life as a lover, father, and poet, distilling each moment to its essence and grounding them collectively in the wider perspective of a changing world, the constant turning…
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1 author picked A Cluster of Noisy Planets as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
My third favorite book was a book of prose poetry that delighted, inspired, and awed me with its astonishing leaps and playfulness.
I write prose poetry so the joy of finding a poet who excels in this form and from whom I have much to learn was a true pleasure. I keep this book close to me in the way you keep a loved one close. The poems literally reveal the world in new ways and make me want to write. Perhaps a marker of any good book is how it inspires the reader.
This small book of poetry inspired…
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