Braille Rainbow
FINALIST FOR THE 2020 NELSON BALL PRIZE
"In a dark time," wrote Theodore Roethke, "the eye begins to see"—and with Braille Rainbow, Mike Barnes reveals both darkness and the light that shines beyond it. Beginning with a suite of poems completed before and immediately following his admission to a psychiatric unit as a young man, Barnes''s quiet lyricism and formal sensitivity capture those moments o...
FINALIST FOR THE 2020 NELSON BALL PRIZE
"In a dark time," wrote Theodore Roethke, "the eye begins to see"—and with Braille Rainbow, Mike Barnes reveals both darkness and the light that shines beyond it. Beginning with a suite of poems completed before and immediately following his admission to a psychiatric unit as a young man, Barnes''s quiet lyricism and formal sensitivity capture those moments o...
