In this Book
- Bird Skin Coat
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: University of Wisconsin Press
summary
Bird Skin Coat is brimming with startling moments of beauty found within a rusty and decayed landscape. With wild lyrical images of ascent and descent—doves and dives, sparrows and slugs, attics and cellars—this collection reflects Sorby’s keen eye for blending images. As they shuttle between the Upper Midwest and the Pacific Northwest, these poems explore how the radical instability of the world is also the source of its energy.
Honorable Mention, Posner Book-Length Poetry Award, Council for Wisconsin Writers
Winner, Best Book of Poetry, Midwest Book Awards
Winner, Lorine Niedecker Poetry Award, Council for Wisconsin Writers
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- p. xi
- PART ONE
- Bird Skin Coat
- pp. 3-4
- Breathing Out Smoke
- pp. 5-6
- Nostalgia for the Present
- pp. 7-8
- Whose Woods These Are
- pp. 11-12
- Neighborhood Watch
- pp. 13-14
- Small Talk
- pp. 15-16
- Middle Distance
- pp. 17-18
- Erin’s Leather Jacket
- pp. 19-20
- Dragons of the Bible
- pp. 21-22
- Walking Directions
- pp. 23-24
- What Helen Caught
- pp. 25-26
- Catch and Release
- pp. 27-28
- Conversion Narrative
- pp. 29-30
- Mountain of Names
- pp. 31-32
- The Snow-Woman
- pp. 33-34
- The Diagnosis
- pp. 35-36
- PART TWO
- The Attic of the Attic
- pp. 43-44
- Prosperity
- pp. 45-46
- Flyover state
- pp. 47-48
- American Camel
- pp. 51-52
- Sky Falling on Cedars
- pp. 53-54
- Sleeping with Stars
- pp. 55-56
- Forest Floor
- pp. 57-58
- Sleeping in the Pioneer Rooms
- pp. 59-60
- Objects Made Real by Observation
- pp. 61-62
- Night Train to Whitefish
- pp. 63-64
- In the Good Pain Wing
- pp. 65-66
- Six Degrees of Separation
- pp. 67-68
- Transport to Sumer
- pp. 69-70
- Museum Study
- pp. 71-72
- First Lady of the War
- pp. 73-74
- Dove and Dove
- pp. 77-78
Additional Information
ISBN
9780299231934
Related ISBN(s)
9780299231903
MARC Record
OCLC
826516976
Pages
79
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No