In this Book
- Brief Landing on the Earth's Surface
- Book
- 1996
- Published by: University of Wisconsin Press
summary
In Brief Landing on the Earth’s Surface, even the most ordinary moments are infused with an awareness of the lost past and a kind of prescience of the future. From one setting to another—Tidewater Virginia, rural Pennsylvania, Greece, New York City—these poems give voice to the human longing for permanence, home, and connection in the face of a constantly changing reality.
 
Table of Contents
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- Part I
- This World
- pp. 3-6
- Part II
- Anniversary
- p. 9
- He Comes Home
- p. 10
- Infidelity
- p. 13
- After the Garden
- p. 14
- Vale of Tears
- p. 17
- Part III
- Green Waters
- p. 23
- Bleeding-Heart
- p. 24
- On This Earth
- p. 25
- My Father's Tongue
- p. 28
- Where My Mother Cries
- pp. 31-32
- Leaving Crete
- p. 34
- At Thirty-Four
- pp. 35-36
- Part IV
- Mrs. Richard Plays a Starlight Waltz
- pp. 39-40
- At Hilltop Manor
- p. 42
- Living without You
- p. 44
- Cooking the Lobster
- p. 47
- When You Woke Crying
- pp. 48-49
- Heartbreak
- p. 50
- I Used to Be Unbelievably Sexy
- pp. 51-52
- Birthday Poem
- p. 53
Additional Information
ISBN
9780299152031
Related ISBN(s)
9780299152000
MARC Record
OCLC
815970755
Pages
66
Launched on MUSE
2012-12-20
Language
English
Open Access
No