When the Secret Hour of Pleasure Nears: The Poetry of T.S. Simmons

ISBN-13: 9781462009763 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 80 str.

T. S. Simmons; Cameron MacMaster

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"When the Secret Hour of Pleasure Nears" is a collection of poetry by T.S. Simmons. The stunning photography of Cameron MacMaster adds a unique visual dimension to the rawness of the text. The themes of love, death, sex and the isolation of insanity, resonate throughout this unique volume. "It is within your hands. Can you feel it? You hear the city scream within your eardrums somewhere beyond the fragile exterior. You wish you couldn't hear it at all. Drunken nighthawk. Sitting alone in some dusty all night cafe. The half-lit neon sign is wet with rain. That only adds to the emptiness. Doesn't it? Do you ever feel so alone that it becomes a kind of strangeness? You wear that strangeness like a coat. So worn that it's familiar. The searing isolation. The creeping thoughts of life as art, sex, and death. The endless search for passion. It's all here. Remember, I said it was within your hands. It is meant to be read inside that sad cafe. Unfold the pages, stained with sweat and time, and find yourself...""