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- The Lame God
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: Utah State University Press
- Series: Swenson Poetry Award
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Winner of 2013 May Swenson Poetry Award
In The Lame God, author M. B. McLatchey reminds us of the inevitable bond between art and empathy. With a controlled language that finds its echo chamber in the immortal themes and characters of classical literature, this courageous work accompanies the author on her journey through a parent’s anguish in the face of a horrific crime. Using the art of poetry she gives voice to a suffering—and a love—that might otherwise go unheard.
In The Lame God, author M. B. McLatchey reminds us of the inevitable bond between art and empathy. With a controlled language that finds its echo chamber in the immortal themes and characters of classical literature, this courageous work accompanies the author on her journey through a parent’s anguish in the face of a horrific crime. Using the art of poetry she gives voice to a suffering—and a love—that might otherwise go unheard.
The May Swenson Poetry Award, an annual competition named for May Swenson, honors her as one of America's most provocative and vital writers. During her long career, Swenson was loved and praised by writers from virtually every school of American poetry. She left a legacy of fifty years of writing when she died in 1989. She is buried in Logan, Utah, her hometown.
Table of Contents
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- Foreword by Edward Field
- pp. ix-x
- 1-800-THE-LOST
- p. 3
- The Rescue
- p. 4
- What the Neighbors Heard
- pp. 5-6
- Amber Alert
- pp. 7-8
- The Retrieval
- p. 12
- Lullaby for Her Brother
- pp. 14-15
- Kaleidoscope
- p. 16
- On Recognizing Saints
- pp. 17-18
- Morning Offering
- p. 19
- The Golden Bough
- pp. 20-21
- At the Grieving Parents Meeting
- pp. 22-23
- Demeter’s Side
- p. 24
- Snow Globe
- pp. 25-26
- River of Forgetfulness
- pp. 29-30
- A Glass of Absinthe
- p. 32
- The Boy’s Lament
- p. 35
- Little Fits
- pp. 36-38
- Mother’s Day
- pp. 40-41
- Song of Daphnis
- p. 43
- Loose Ends
- pp. 44-45
- Girl at Piano
- pp. 48-49
- Melville’s Reader
- p. 51
- Joseph Dreams Two Dreams
- pp. 52-54
- Leaving the Mainland
- p. 55
- The Ventriloquist
- p. 56
- The Eviction
- p. 58
- The Arrangement
- pp. 59-60
- The Lame God
- pp. 62-63
- Against Elegies
- pp. 64-65
- Acknowledgments
- p. 66
- About the Author
- p. 67
Additional Information
ISBN
9780874219098
Related ISBN(s)
9780874219074, 9780874219081
MARC Record
OCLC
859380032
Pages
80
Launched on MUSE
2013-10-21
Language
English
Open Access
No