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- Infinite Altars: Poems
- Book
- 2016
- Published by: Louisiana State University Press
In his second poetry collection, Infinite Altars, James Brasfield tracks restless interplays of light on a fallen feather outside an Italian chapel, the surface of the Gowanus Canal, and a forest footpath after an evening of rain. Atmospheric and reflective, these poems travel with equal ease through the world of fine arts and the places where we live, highlighting the vivid sights and sounds of each in turn.
At a sudden encounter with everyday beauty, serenity suffuses through the author: “Something of that calmness goes with us / back into the world.” Brasfield’s poems invite readers to embrace these unexpected and arresting experiences.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-vi
- Northern Bay
- p. 3
- Window Frame
- pp. 8-9
- Expleasure
- p. 10
- The Magic Gardener
- pp. 13-14
- The Night of Daydream
- pp. 20-26
- Only to Listen
- p. 27
- Carmine Street
- pp. 28-30
- Brooklyn to Menatay
- p. 33
- Shore and Sea
- p. 34
- Acqua Alta
- p. 35
- The Entrepreneur
- pp. 36-37
- The Incorporation
- pp. 40-41
- Coming Down
- p. 45
- Standard Time
- p. 47
- Afternoons into Evenings
- pp. 48-56
- The Renaissance
- p. 59
- Strange Coming Near
- p. 65
- Stray Stone
- p. 66
- Daylight Ghosts
- p. 67
- Summer Solstice
- pp. 73-74
- The Song of the Eastern Meadowlark
- pp. 79-80
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