Brett Bourbon is Associate Professor of English, University of Dallas, USA.

• Foreword Chapter 1. Poems of the EverydayChapter 2. InterruptionsChapter 3. Can We Speak a Poem into Existence?Chapter 4. EpithalamionChapter 5. Is a Poem the Same as its Words?Chapter 6. Poems and BombsChapter 7. Crucifixion Can Seem Like Standing in AirChapter 8. Does Poetry Exist?Index

Brett Bourbon's new book suggests that no theory of poetry can be just about poetry. For him too, the theory of poetry is the theory of life as it is. Everyday Poetics ?is a profoundly serious and moving book, placing poetry alongside our many sublunary dealings and philosophical entanglements.

Brett Bourbon is Associate Professor of English, University of Dallas, USA.

• Foreword Chapter 1. Poems of the EverydayChapter 2. InterruptionsChapter 3. Can We Speak a Poem into Existence?Chapter 4. EpithalamionChapter 5. Is a Poem the Same as its Words?Chapter 6. Poems and BombsChapter 7. Crucifixion Can Seem Like Standing in AirChapter 8. Does Poetry Exist?Index

Brett Bourbon's new book suggests that no theory of poetry can be just about poetry. For him too, the theory of poetry is the theory of life as it is. Everyday Poetics ?is a profoundly serious and moving book, placing poetry alongside our many sublunary dealings and philosophical entanglements.

Brett Bourbon is Associate Professor of English, University of Dallas, USA.

• Foreword Chapter 1. Poems of the EverydayChapter 2. InterruptionsChapter 3. Can We Speak a Poem into Existence?Chapter 4. EpithalamionChapter 5. Is a Poem the Same as its Words?Chapter 6. Poems and BombsChapter 7. Crucifixion Can Seem Like Standing in AirChapter 8. Does Poetry Exist?Index

Brett Bourbon's new book suggests that no theory of poetry can be just about poetry. For him too, the theory of poetry is the theory of life as it is. Everyday Poetics ?is a profoundly serious and moving book, placing poetry alongside our many sublunary dealings and philosophical entanglements.