In this Book
- Spot in the Dark
- Book
- 2004
- Published by: The Ohio State University Press
- Series: The Ohio State University Press/The Journal Award in Poetry
summary
Spot in the Dark is a collection of poetry exploring the nuances of human relationship. From new love to extra marital affairs to dating to solitude, the book’s four sections read as a journey on the part of a series of narrators who wrestle through the beginning and middle stages of love, the complications of an affair, the challenges of single life, and finally come to focus on the external world: the beauty and starkness of a winter landscape, the ebullience of spring, the breathtaking loveliness of a sunset. The book’s arc moves from examining the human wish and will to connect to another to presenting the self as part of a larger, richer, and more complicated set of external relationships. Written predominantly in free verse, these sometimes meditative, sometimes cynical, sometimes playful poems sift through the difficulties and pleasures of living in the world.
Table of Contents
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- Table of Contents
- pp. vii-viii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Spot in the Dark
- pp. 3-4
- The Edge of Enough
- p. 11
- Nowhere Fast
- pp. 13-14
- Me and You and an Oh
- p. 17
- Letter, March 18
- p. 19
- No News Here
- p. 20
- Common Dreams
- p. 22
- The Mistress
- p. 23
- Alone, Open Road
- pp. 29-30
- Friend of a Friend of a
- pp. 31-33
- With a Woman
- p. 35
- Winter, Erie, PA
- p. 38
- What's Left
- p. 46
- The Feeling of Wings
- p. 48
- After the Goodbye
- pp. 49-50
- Ars Poetica
- p. 53
- Boardwalk and Bach
- p. 54
- Worms Dancing
- p. 57
- My Doggy Self
- p. 58
- Audience of Two
- p. 59
- Pilgrimage
- pp. 61-62
Additional Information
ISBN
9780814273036
Related ISBN(s)
9780814209813
MARC Record
OCLC
644327313
Pages
61
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No