Encouragement for a Man Falling to His Death

Christopher Kennedys poetry is funny deadpan selfeffacing and revelatoryin the way of a man with nothing to lose. Mixing sonnets and prose poemsKennedy lampoons... » 

Christopher Kennedys poetry is funny deadpan selfeffacing and revelatoryin the way of a man with nothing to lose. Mixing sonnets and prose poemsKennedy lampoons the absurdities of contemporary American life using ironicfables and surreal parables. Kennedys poems also reflect his obsession withthe idea of transformationfrom the ordinary to the extraordinary from life todeath. Christopher Kennedy is director of the Syracuse University MFA Programin Creative Writing. He has received writing awards from the New YorkFoundation for the Arts and the Saltonstall Foundation. This is his third fulllength poetry collection. «