Phrasing the Arts

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Phrasing the Arts, is a collection of poems mostly on the arts in all their forms. In the author’s own words, he wrote these poems as an escape from strenuous scholarship, to express his profound love for the arts. “Overall, the present collection, a commentary of sorts on the intersection of literary art and other arts, is but a verbal rumination on experiences in time and place, including some memorable places no longer conned to their geography.”Even before publication, the book was highly praised for its literary merit. Timothy Skeen, Professor Emeritus of English at Fresno State and author of several poetry books, has this to say: “In Phrasing the Arts, the scholar Abraham Terian appeals to prosody ‘in the contemplation of truth’ to create a world of sublime beauty,” and concludes: “Terian’s poems demonstrate mastery of craft and form: line, stanza, image, repetition and metaphor; they remind the reader that the true subject of poetry is poetry itself.”