In this Book
- The Opposite House: Poems
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: Louisiana State University Press
- Series: Southern Messenger Poets
summary
With graceful lines swooping like a bird in flight, Claudia Emerson's newest collection explores the harsh realities of aging and the limitations of the human body, as well as the loneliness, fear, and anger that can accompany us as we live.
Keenly observed and beautifully executed, these poems move from the grim façade that hides beauty-prosthetic eyes- to the beautiful scene that conceals violence-a rural retreat. Emerson also considers once common things that are fast becoming obsolete: cursive writing, telephone booths, barbers.
At once hopeful and cognizant of all the reasons why humans might despair, these poems echo with remarkable insight into the true nature of life.
Table of Contents
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- One
- Greengrocer
- p. 5
- House Sparrows
- p. 6
- Two: Early Elegies
- Headmistress
- p. 21
- Telephone Booth
- p. 22
- Wisdom Teeth
- p. 27
- Three
- The Opposite House
- pp. 33-35
- Rural Letter Carrier
- pp. 36-37
- Practice Blood
- p. 39
- Virginia Christian
- pp. 42-45
- Limb Factory
- pp. 48-49
- Irene Virga Salafia
- pp. 50-52
- The Ocularist
- pp. 53-56
- A Frontispiece
- pp. 57-58
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 59-60
Additional Information
ISBN
9780807158494
Related ISBN(s)
9780807158470, 9780807158500, 9780807158517
MARC Record
OCLC
903232810
Pages
72
Launched on MUSE
2015-02-11
Language
English
Open Access
No