Rhythms

Name: Rhythms
Author: Charles Reznikoff

by Charles Reznikoff

Early poems marked by sharp rhythm and precise diction

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Charles Reznikoff

American objectivist poet whose Testimony and Holocaust use found language from legal transcripts to create documentary poetry about violence in American history. His verse is among the most morally serious of the twentieth century.

More by Charles Reznikoff

By the Waters of ManhattanObjectivist poetry set in Jewish immigrant Manhattan
TestimonyDocumentary poem constructed from court testimony and legal records
HolocaustSparse poem about the Jewish Holocaust built from historical documents
Collected PoemsComprehensive selection of Reznikoff's documentary-based verse