Poet: Tim Seibles
Poet Tim Seibles, who teaches at Old Dominion University, is the author of six previous books, including Body Moves and Hurdy-Gurdy. His poetry has been featured in Best American Poetry 2010. Seibles has been the recipient of an NEA grant for poetry and Open Voice award.
Works
Fast Animal
- 2012 NBA–Poetry finalist
- Score: 6.62
This collection by African American poet Tim Seibles explores a range of poetic form, including lyric, ode, narrative, and mystical. Like a “fast animal,” the poet’s voice can swiftly change direction and tone as he crisscrosses between present and past.
Built like one single sustained song, Fast Animal is alive with music, ardor, and wit that flow in utterances that are uniquely [Seibles’] and his alone."Laure-Anne Bosselaar, author of The Hour Between
It seems insane now, but
she’d be standing soaked
in schoolday morning light,…[more]
