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- The Coal Life: Poems
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: University of Arkansas Press
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Miller Williams Arkansas Poetry Prize Finalist
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. iii-vi
- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-viii
- Red Mountains
- p. 4
- Burying the Dead
- p. 5
- Threat of Spring
- p. 7
- The Cleaving
- p. 12
- Return to Steinhatchee
- pp. 13-14
- Ashes and Dust
- p. 15
- Almost Clean
- p. 16
- Worm Grunters
- p. 17
- Toilet Flowers
- pp. 19-20
- Magritte’s Daemon
- p. 21
- Wild Kingdom
- pp. 22-23
- Overburden
- p. 26
- Eden’s Oranges
- p. 33
- After Bloody Mary’s Death
- pp. 34-35
- Reclamation
- p. 37
- Tulips and Pigs
- pp. 38-39
- The Other Woman
- p. 40
- Gauguin’s Bed
- p. 42
- Mountain of Fire
- p. 43
- “La mar es una puta”
- p. 44
- Floundering
- pp. 45-46
- Stake Horse
- pp. 48-49
- Some Like It Hot
- p. 55
- Brick Hammer and Broken Watch
- pp. 59-61
- The Motel Room
- p. 62
- The Old Salt’s Brag
- pp. 64-65
- Epilogue and Return
- pp. 67-72
Additional Information
ISBN
9781610754965
Related ISBN(s)
9781557289803
MARC Record
OCLC
787842910
Pages
77
Launched on MUSE
2012-12-20
Language
English
Open Access
No
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