In this Book
- The Waiting
- Book
- 2005
- Published by: University of Iowa Press
- Series: Iowa Poetry Prize
summary
In a startling and original poetic voice, Megan Johnson in The Waiting reveals a vigilant young person who has suffered an unmentionable loss and who dismantles and reconstitutes lyric modes in a relentless search for solace. A lyric adventure of grief and search, The Waiting reinvents language from raw materials, driven by intense emotional need.
Table of Contents
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- I
- Circumference
- p. 7
- Rocket grass
- p. 8
- A little / more
- pp. 9-10
- II
- Why not matter
- p. 15
- Finding way (an apple or the thunk)
- pp. 23-24
- III
- The Waiting
- pp. 33-47
- IV
- Getting ready for time
- pp. 51-53
- Wing for unaware
- pp. 55-56
- Dialogue of sea
- p. 57
- Nocturne 1
- p. 58
- Nocturne 2
- p. 59
- Nocturne 3
- p. 60
- In the manner of dying
- pp. 61-63
Additional Information
ISBN
9781587295959
Related ISBN(s)
9780877459248
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
646887803
Pages
76
Launched on MUSE
2012-02-08
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2005
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