R. I. P.
A Poetic Sequence
by
Louis Phillips
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Whatever subject Louis Phillips tackles, you can be sure that it will be approached with a wry philosophical stance and humor rare in American poetry. In this collection, Phillips takes on Rip Van Winkle—but with the usual Phillipian (if we may) disregard of chronology. Hence:
RIP VAN WINKLE
PERFORMS
HIS SUMMING UP