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Author: Morris, HerbertISBN: 9781582430645Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE USYear first published: 16 Mar 2000Pages: 132 Format: HardbackIn this collection, Herbert Morris gathers 15 poems in his two signature modes, the dramatic monologue and the meditative reverie. His subjects include a resplendent apricot gown once worn by Lillian Gish (Chaplin enthralled, Griffith smitten, ecstatic); a poignant human detail in Caravaggio's The Sacrifice of Isaac; and a host of variations on the Peaceable Kingdom, the obsessive lifework of the painter Edward Hicks. Show more