About Time: Poems [Hardcover]

[H]is poetry book is sometimes so intimate its almost uncomfortable to read. One poem, Dead Seven, concerns the death of his father; another describes the moment he had to reckon with the sight of a dead mouse during a walk with his three-year-old daughter (It is Daddy who cannot face too much death, he writes). The introduction of the book states that Poetry is not useful. And that is exactly why we need it. More than anything, this sentiment feels like it informs Duchovnys entire worldview; that a meandering search for personal fulfillment will always outshine relentless careerism. As a novelist, actor Duchovny has already shown readers that hes . . . the real deal, and this poetry collection further establishes him as a talented writer, as capable of mining Milton as he is of reflecting on ephemera and incidentals . . . Duchovny approaches poetry as a uselessness that demands to be used, an unneeded form that he needs, and his poems clearly communicate the desire to make words of what is unspeakable by anchoring them to unconventionally and beautifully wrought poetic conventions. David Duchovny has written a helluva book of poems, a volume I suspect will adorn many shelves. The collection is smart, smart-assed, and moving enough to reward study. Buy this book! Why should I be surprised that the soulful actor David Duchovny is not only an accomplished novelist but also possesses the heart of a true poet? His verse effortlessly charts a course through a landscape of melancholia so rich with irony and humor that I found myself reading his poems aloud just to savor the depth of his emotions. David Duchovnys language is specific and surprising. Colloquial. In the tradition of Robert Frost and Vachel Lindsay, a tradition that has been eclipsed by Imagism. With modernist twists, he invigorates the tradition of storytelling poems. David Duchovny is known as one of the most talented, brightest, and wickedly funny actors in the entertainment business. He is lCÃ