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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 811.54 EAN: 9781571314178 ISBN: 1571314172 Label: Milkweed Editions Manufacturer: Milkweed Editions Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 144 Publication Date: February 17, 2004 Publisher: Milkweed Editions Studio: Milkweed Editions Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: In Playing the Black Piano, poet Bill Holm confronts themes of aging, AIDS, friendship, and music, revealing an everyman sensibility that celebrates the beauty, truth, and evanescence of everyday life. Typical is “Playing Haydn for the Angel of Death,” in which the reaper sits in a straight-backed chair in the side yard, in no hurry to claim his due as long as strains of Haydn drift through the window to amuse and distract him. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Music, Death, Love, and Lemon Merengue PieAt the end of the day, it's what the poetry does to you, not the bases it touches to please the critics and academics. Read this book. These are poems to mull, consider, weigh. They come from a mind and a heart and soul as deep as you'll likely ever encounter. Think only of the ones who mean the most to you, that is how Holm poetically dwells in this collection. The stories cover the disconnect in American (i.e. US) life fostered by the mistaken notion that we own something/anything, especially the ... Read More Rating: - Poetry ReadingsI just went to my first poetry reading tonight. The poet was Bill Holm, reading and discussing his newest work, "Playing the Black Piano", at Zandbroz Variety, in downtown Fargo, ND. I have always wanted to attend one but never could work one into my schedule. I was thinking of going to a movie but chose to attend the poetry reading instead and found it a very fulfilling way to spend a hour or so on a Saturday night. I guess I'am reacting more so to the poetry reading then the actual book. But one of ... Read More 
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