“bin ramke”

Ramke refuses to distinguish between scientific and poetic approaches to knowing the world. In Wake, the poet does not pretend to offer wisdom but instead offers words, and the words are given as much freedom as possible. The title itself resonates with all its presumptive meanings: an alternative t... More

Like the ancient medical text by Hippocrates that gives this book its title, Airs, Waters, Places looks with intensity and purpose at the elemental world to understand the possibility of an expanded notion of health in an often disconnected and disconnecting social order. In the poet's words, "To ca... More

By drawing the small instances of living to the forefront of meaning, this collection of elegant and lyrical poems reveals the value of simple events in our lives. Allowing the reader to follow the personal, cultural, and artistic threads that intertwine to create our conscious understanding, these ... More

Massacre of the Innocents is the work of a secular poet who admires the basic texts - the angry qualities of fairytales equally along with the humorous virtues of sacred scriptures. Speaking with the voice of mature accomplishment, Ramke's poems do not struggle for their words but release them from ... More

Bin Ramke's poetry has always been concerned with separanting the real from the wished-for or the feared. In Matter, Ramke investigates not only the physical realities of our world but the qualities that make things important to us, that give them weight. These poems, often in the voice of a child, ... More

Satellite observations and computing technology have advanced our understanding of the monsoon climate enormously in the last two decades. The author provides an update of the knowledge gained over this period, presenting the modern morphology and the physical principles of monsoon climate variation... More

More than seventy poetry collections have appeared in the Contemporary Poetry Series in its past twenty years. Begun by Edited by Bin Ramke since 1984, the series publishes the work of both emerging and mid-career poets, including such innovative and influential figures as C.D. Wright, Mark McMorris... More

More than seventy poetry collections have appeared in the Contemporary Poetry Series in its past twenty years. Begun by Edited by Bin Ramke since 1984, the series publishes the work of both emerging and mid-career poets, including such innovative and influential figures as C.D. Wright, Mark McMorris... More