UID:
almahu_9947382529302882
Format:
1 online resource (61 pages)
ISBN:
1-283-26718-7
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9786613267184
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0-87421-498-X
Series Statement:
May Swenson Poetry Award series
Content:
In his foreword, J.D. McClatchy speaks of the musical qualities of Lindsay's work: ""It is impossible, reading her poems, not to hear a musical hand at work. This is not just a matter of delicacy or virtuosity. It is also a matter of knowing how to phrase a line... Lindsay moves from detail to trope with utter poise, with an intuitive sense of what to sustain or emphasize. Her language is crisp. I can pick a stanza at random... and praise its plosive energy, its modulated vowels, its variety and elan... Where She Always Was allows us . . . the rare gratification of watching a poet-
Note:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- FOREWORD -- PART ONE -- GATHERING HIM IN -- RAIN TURNING TO SNOW -- FERAL KITTENS -- MISSING -- FOR NADJA -- GRADUAL CLEARING -- LADYBUG -- TAKING OFF MY CROSS -- KISS, AFTERWARD -- DOG, NAPPING -- HAPPINESS -- MAGNOLIA -- RAPUNZEL DESCENDING -- PART TWO -- RESPECTS -- MOTHER'S GOLDFISH -- I LIKED MY MOTHER BEST -- BAD DOG MAN -- UNDERNEATH -- SATURDAY MORNINGS, 1954 -- BY THE LAKE -- REMEMBERING STARS -- SQUARE DANCE, 1956 -- CELLO LESSONS -- THE CORRECTION -- MIDAS ALONE -- VIGIL -- CHAGALL' S FLOATING WOMAN -- PERSONAL EFFECTS -- UNAFRAID -- MOTHER -- URN -- PART THREE -- COLD FRONT -- MIDAS's DAUGHTER AT FIFTY -- AGING NUDE -- LINES ON A WINDOW -- CINDERELLA AT WORK -- THAW -- ANTIPHON -- LIGHTERS AND KNIVES -- THE CLOTHESLINE PROJECT -- WHITE SHIRT -- EVE IN EXILE -- NOWHERE NEAR BETHLEHEM -- MAGDALENE BATHING -- SHOULD THIS BECOME ORDINARY -- OLD DOG -- REMAINS -- SILENT NIGHT -- BLESSING AT THE END OF TIME -- PYRE -- WHERE SHE ALWAYS WAS -- BENEDICTION -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- THE MAY SWENSON POETRY AWARD.
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Also available in print form.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-87421-584-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-87421-581-1
Language:
English
