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Mar 3, 2015 · Elegy for a Broken Machine by Patrick Phillips is a warm and reverent soliloquy about the mystery of physical decline and the intendent mortality of the human body. Several of the poems detail the illness of his father and his slow death.
Sep 5, 2017 · Now in paperback, this stunning collection of elegies--a finalist for the National Book Award--bears witness to the small beauties and inevitable losses of our transient life. Elegy for a...
Mar 3, 2015 · Elegy for a Broken Machine is a wonderfully powerful and beautifully crafted collection of poems that'll resonate with you well after you put it down. It instantly transport you to the center of these incredibly personal and introspective stories, from the outside of the ICU to the golf course country club to the smokers corner and the ...
"The poet Patrick Phillips joins our list with a stunning collection of elegies that bear witness to the small beauties and inevitable losses of our transient life"-- "This is a Borzoi Book"--Title page verso
Elegy for a Broken Machine: Poems Kindle Edition. by Patrick Phillips (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.9 21 ratings. See all formats and editions. The poet Patrick Phillips brings us a stunning third collection that is at its core a son’s lament for his father.
Elegy for a Broken Machine is a son’s lament for his father. It takes us from the luminous world of childhood to the fluorescent glare of operating rooms and recovery wards, and into the twilight lives of those who must go on.
Elegy for a Broken Machine is a son's lament for his father. It takes us from the luminous world of childhood to the fluorescent glare of operating rooms and recovery wards, and into the twilight lives of those who must go on.
