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“While others are busy catching their own reflection in the storefront of poetry, [John] Godfrey goes to work on the damage and squalor of the overlooked. His genius rings true.”—Peter Gizzi
With an enemy
like daylight who needs
the psychology dime
Hips do the work
and I cross the world
A longtime resident of Manhattan’s Lower East Side, John Godfrey works as a registered nurse in New York City, where he cares for homebound AIDS patients in Brooklyn and Queens. City of Corners is his sixth collection of poetry.
Price: $14.00
Pages: 96
Publisher: Wave Books
Imprint: Wave Books
Publication Date:
01 August 2008
Trim Size: 8.00 X 5.50 in
ISBN: 9781933517315
Format: Paperback
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"While others are busy catching their own reflection in the storefront of poetry, Godfrey goes to work on the damage and squalor of the overlooked. His genius rings true." -Peter Gizzi "With affect and intensity to spare packed into these tight structures, Godfrey continues his singular exploration of the surprise encounters the city affords" -Publishers Weekly
John Godfrey was born in northernmost New York State in 1945. While an undergraduate at Princeton University he began publishing poems in mimeo-mags on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, where he lives to this day. Currently he works with homebound AIDS patients in Brooklyn and Queens.