I Can Wonder Anything by Terence Degnan

$19.99

 

Terence Degnan is the real thing–a streetwise philosopher whose poems ring with music, rough wisdom, and wry humor. They don’t “guardrail” or snowflake with us;” and there’s “no need to doctorate around.” The speaker here–“born with eyes too wide/ sworn to an Irish secrecy”–is both emphatic and questioning, professing to “regret almost everyone,” while asserting “in me is born a great empathy.” Indeed. Degnan strikes such a fine balance between grit and grace, it kind of hurts. It’s the good kind of hurt you should run out and read.

–Tina Cane, “Poet Laureate of Rhode Island”, author of Body of Work and Year of The Murder Hornet

 

 

Poet Bob Holman says of Terence Degnan’s work, “What a delight to read Terence Degnan! It’s like reading the World. No, it’s like the World is reading to you.” Poet Laureate of Rhode Island, Tina Cane, writes of Degnan’s new book, “Terence Degnan is the real thing–a streetwise philosopher whose poems ring with music, rough wisdom, and wry humor. Degnan strikes such a fine balance between grit and grace, it kind of hurts. It’s the good kind of hurt you should run out and read. Playwright Erin Courtney writes, “Great poetry has a sense of humor, a deep love of the world, and an in-the-moment-go-for-broke understanding of mortality. Terence Degnan‘s poetry fulfills all of these delirious requirements. The language crackles, sparks and flies when you read it out loud.” 
Terence Degnan’s third Book,I Can Wonder Anything, will be published by Finishing Line Press in 2023 & is available for preorder now.  
Read a few excerpts from his new work here:
from Watching the Cryptographers
sibling means connected by tragedies
but if you want to be less hyperbolic
it can also mean sign language
and translator
and oftentimes ceremony
so, to have a sibling 
means to have a quiet ceremony
from Hitchhiking to Canaan
I make mention 
of every village
as its first brick is placed beside its sibling
and when I pray I ask the towns 
be stricken from their interstates
and tunnels from the mountains
and when I’m brave
I hold my breath
as explosions carve an artery
through my belly
and inside the passing homes
receivers are stripped 
from their blurry telephones

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I Can Wonder Anything

by Terence Degnan

$19.99, Full-length, paper

979-8-88838-123-6

2023

Terence Degnan is the author of two previous books of poetry. His work has appeared widely in anthologies and literary journals.  His spoken word album, BC, was adapted for the stage in New York City, where he lives with his wife, Melanie, and daughter, Lola, who is the originator of the turn of phrase, I Can Wonder Anything. 

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