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- Ascension: Poems
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: Texas A&M University Press
summary
Set in the drought-plagued landscape of Central Texas, Ascension is a collection of lyric poems that chronicles life in and around Llano, Texas (population 3,033). Brownlee’s poems meditate on the inescapability of place.
Organ Solo with Oblivion and Gar
Skittish fish lay eggs
in this shallow stone
cleft of an algae chorus.
Turn my soul into song,
if you can, River Lord.
Treat believing the same
as each minnow slipping
coin-like into deep murk.
Your spirit mimics me
unblinking, fishbone
face framing brackish
absence, saying, Kneel
into this. Lean low,
sinner, & drink. Bitter
infidel, swallow the black
granite whole if you are not
afraid of what comes after it:
___________. Live forever.
Organ Solo with Oblivion and Gar
Skittish fish lay eggs
in this shallow stone
cleft of an algae chorus.
Turn my soul into song,
if you can, River Lord.
Treat believing the same
as each minnow slipping
coin-like into deep murk.
Your spirit mimics me
unblinking, fishbone
face framing brackish
absence, saying, Kneel
into this. Lean low,
sinner, & drink. Bitter
infidel, swallow the black
granite whole if you are not
afraid of what comes after it:
___________. Live forever.
Table of Contents
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- Table of Contents
- pp. v-vii
- Hill Country Elegy
- pp. 4-5
- Llano Villanelle
- p. 9
- Pasture Ode
- p. 12
- Disappearing Town
- pp. 13-16
- Hill Country Eulogy
- pp. 17-18
- Llano River Sunset
- p. 23
- Catfish Heads on a Clothesline
- pp. 24-25
- The Middle Distance
- pp. 28-29
- Peach Philosophy
- p. 31
- Cemetery Lights
- pp. 32-34
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 35-38
Additional Information
ISBN
9781680030464
Related ISBN(s)
9781680030457
MARC Record
OCLC
966761941
Pages
48
Launched on MUSE
2017-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No