Star Dust: Poems

Star Dust: Poems

<p>In 2002, Frank Bidart published a sequence of poems, <i>Music Like Dirt</i>, the first chapbook ever to be a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. From the beginning, he had conceived this sequence as the opening movement in a larger structure--now, with <i>Star Dust</i>, finally complete.</p><p>In this profound and unforgettable new book, the dream beyond desire (which now seems to represent human destiny) is rooted in the drive to create, a drive tormented at every stage by failure, as the temporal being fights for its survival by making an eternal life. Bidart is a poet of passionate originality, and <i>Star Dust</i> shows that the forms of this originality continue to deepen and change as he constantly renews his contract with the idea of truth.</p><p><i>Star Dust</i> is a 2005 National Book Award Finalist for Poetry.</p>