Incredibly prolific, she later experimented with Surrealism in Wonderland (1971) and Gothic fantasy in Bellefleur (1980) before returning in works such as Marya (1986) to the bleak blue-collar world of her youth in upstate New York.
But as the set continues, it's their depth and complexity that impresses most, such as how Napoleon Solo reveals a fleshy, emotive undertow to their noise, or how Quarantined can embrace the bleak blues of Presence-era Led Zeppelin and dubscapes laced with Augustus Pablo-esque melodica, while still packing a bluntly anthemic chorus that is manna to the moshpit.
And in "Do Right in Your Eyes" he picks some ragtime guitar for a bleak, slow blues about someone's perpetual criticism: "You're always trying to drag me down to your level/I'd love to lay you out with a shovel".
He recognizes his privileged place in an economy that has grown increasingly bleak for blue-collar workers.
The economy is obviously playing a leading role in the retreat from marriage — the shocks of recession, the stagnation of wages, the bleak prospects of blue-collar men.
Barnacle geese lay their eggs at the tops of cliffs, all blue and bleak, wind bloody everywhere.
His delicious poem, "The Ruined Maid" tells the story of a rough country girl meeting a former associate on the farm and learning about the better quality of life she led in her disgrace: "Your hands were like paws then, your face blue and bleak / But now I'm bewitched by your delicate cheek, / And your little gloves fit as on any la-dy!" / "We never do work when we're ruined," said she".
Call it blah, bleak, bland or the blues, that Sunday-night back-to-class, back-to-work sensation can be overwhelming at any age.
The true Delta blues hold bleak insights, tangled syncopation and rude vitality, and this package tour includes four bluesmen who are close to its deepest roots.
The true Delta blues hold bleak insights, tangled syncopation and rude vitality, and this package tour includes four bluesmen who are close to its roots.
