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- What Comes Down to Us: 25 Contemporary Kentucky Poets
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: The University Press of Kentucky
summary
What Comes Down To Us features twenty-five of Kentucky's most accomplished contemporary poets. Together they serve to illustrate the diversity and richness of poetry being written today in the Commonwealth. The poems were collected by Jeff Worley, a poet who has lived in Kentucky for more than two decades. Although the subject matter of the poems transcends the state's borders, the collection communicates a strong sense of Kentucky as a place. Worley's introduction places contemporary Kentucky poetry in the context of the state's rich literary tradition, and the poet biographies include their reflections and, often, their poetic approach and technique.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. 1-7
- Wendell Berry
- Come Forth
- p. 16
- Her First Calf
- p. 17
- From Sabbaths 2003: III Look Out
- pp. 20-21
- Three Elegiac Poems
- pp. 22-24
- From Sabbaths 2003: VI
- pp. 28-30
- James Baker Hall
- The Buffalo
- pp. 35-36
- Ridge Owl Black Dog
- pp. 38-41
- For Mary Ann
- pp. 42-44
- Jane Gentry
- A Garden in Kentucky
- p. 46
- Penelope’s Night Out
- p. 51
- Richard Taylor
- The Lava Beds at Pompeii
- pp. 60-61
- Notes for a Manual on Form
- pp. 64-65
- Joe Survant
- Anne Waters, December 28, 1842
- pp. 67-68
- Anne Waters, December 21, 1862
- pp. 69-70
- Alpheus Waters, February 20, 1863
- pp. 71-72
- Alpheus Waters, July 13, 1882
- pp. 73-74
- Anne Waters, September 7, 1882
- pp. 75-76
- At the Camp Meeting
- pp. 77-80
- Jonathan Greene
- The Ideal Reader
- p. 82
- Scarecrow Poems
- p. 84
- Vivian Shipley
- Philip St. Clair
- Menace from Space
- pp. 98-99
- Last Night
- pp. 100-101
- Into the Wires
- pp. 103-105
- Jeff Worley
- Sleeping with Two Women
- pp. 107-108
- Playing Possum
- pp. 109-110
- His Funeral
- pp. 111-112
- On My Deathbed
- pp. 113-116
- Jeffrey Skinner
- Hey Nineteen
- pp. 118-119
- The School of Continuing Education
- pp. 121-122
- Hard Labor
- pp. 125-126
- George Ella Lyon
- My Grandfather in Search of Moonshine
- pp. 128-129
- Mother’s Day at the Air Force Museum
- pp. 130-132
- Catechisms
- pp. 134-135
- Leatha Kendrick
- Wedding Album
- p. 137
- Refusing a Spinal
- pp. 138-139
- Second Opinion
- p. 140
- In Passing
- pp. 142-144
- Max Garland
- Hold on Me
- pp. 146-147
- Requiem for a Boom Town
- p. 148
- The Termite Confessions
- pp. 149-150
- For a Johnson County Snowfall
- pp. 151-153
- Marla Hurlow
- Aliens Are Intercepting My Brain Waves
- pp. 155-156
- Margin of Loss
- pp. 157-158
- The Sisterhood
- pp. 160-161
- The Music of the Spiders
- pp. 162-163
- Frederick Smock
- Poem for Cassius Clay
- p. 167
- Aleda Shirley
- My Parents When They Were Young
- pp. 172-173
- One Summer Night
- pp. 174-175
- Hostage to Fortune
- pp. 176-177
- The Star’s Etruscan Argument
- pp. 178-180
- Sarah Gorham
- Sickle Billed Hummingbird
- pp. 182-183
- Late Evening Love Poem
- pp. 184-185
- Honeymoon, Pleasant Hill
- p. 186
- Tony Crunk
- After Visiting Home for Christmas
- pp. 196-197
- Nikky Finney
- Black Orion
- pp. 202-205
- The New Cotton
- pp. 206-207
- The Making of Paper
- pp. 208-211
- Don Boes
- Feature Race
- p. 213
- Paving Kentucky
- p. 214
- For Charles Mingus (1922–1979)
- pp. 217-218
- Kathleen Driskell
- Optometrist’s Visit
- pp. 220-221
- To the Outdoor Wedding
- pp. 226-228
- Frank X Walker
- God’s House
- pp. 230-231
- Revisionist History
- p. 233
- Praise Song
- pp. 234-235
- Last Words
- pp. 238-239
- Lynnell Edwards
- The Baby Plays Monopoly
- pp. 242-243
- All I Know about Love
- pp. 244-245
- For You, October’s Boy
- pp. 246-247
- Maurice Manning
- Wabete’s Season
- p. 251
- The Pleasure of Stasis
- p. 252
- Davis McCombs
- Stephen Bishop’s Grave
- p. 258
- Cave Mummies
- pp. 259-260
- Poem Credits
- pp. 261-264
- Photo Credits
- p. 265
- Index of Titles and First Lines
- pp. 267-274
Additional Information
ISBN
9780813173511
Related ISBN(s)
9780813125572, 9780813139135
MARC Record
OCLC
781469995
Pages
288
Launched on MUSE
2012-02-08
Language
English
Open Access
No