The Alphabet in the Park
Selected Poems
Publication Year: 1990
As Ellen Watson says in her introduction, "Adelia Prados poetry is a poetry of abundance. These poems overflow with the humble, grand, various stuff of daily life - necklaces, bicycles, fish; saints and prostitutes and presidents; innumerable chickens and musical instruments...And, seemingly at every turn, there is food." But also, an abundance of dark things, cancer, death, greed. These are poems of appetite, all kinds.
Published by: Wesleyan University Press
Contents
Introduction
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pp. vii-xiv
Adelia Prado's poetry is a poetry of abundance. These poems overflow with the humble, grand, various stuff of daily life—necklaces, bicycles, fish; saints and prostitutes and presidents; innumerable chickens and musical instruments. There is a lot of the color yellow here, and almost as much mathematics. And, seemingly at every turn, there is food. ...
Baggage: 1976
Dysrhythmia
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p. 3-3
Successive Deaths
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p. 4-4
Vigil
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p. 5-5
With Poetic License
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p. 6-6
Before Names
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p. 7-7
Lesson
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p. 8-8
Guide
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p. 9-9
Head
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p. 10-10
Two Ways
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p. 11-11
Praise for a Color
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p. 12-12
Purple
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p. 13-13
Seductive Sadness Winks at Me
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p. 14-14
Window
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p. 15-15
Heart's Desire
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p. 16-16
The Girl with the Sensitive Nose
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p. 17-17
Seduction
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p. 18-18
At Customs
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p. 19-19
Easter
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p. 20-20
Love Song
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p. 21-21
Serenade
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p. 22-22
The Headlong Heart: 1977
Concerted Effort
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pp. 25-26
Not Even One Line in December
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p. 27-27
Day
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p. 28-28
A Man Inhabited a House
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p. 29-29
Lineage
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p. 30-30
A Good Cause
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pp. 31-32
A Fast One
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p. 33-33
Absence of Poetry
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p. 34-34
Blossoms
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p. 35-35
Young Girl in Bed
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pp. 36-37
The Black Umbrella
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p. 38-38
Passion
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pp. 39-41
Neighborhood
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p. 42-42
Murmur
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p. 43-43
Denouement
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p. 44-44
Land of the Holy Cross 1981
The Alphabet in the Park
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pp. 47-48
Trottoir
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p. 49-49
Pieces for a Stained-Glass Window
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p. 50-50
Land of the Holy Cross
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pp. 51-52
Falsetto
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pp. 53-54
Some Other Names for Poetry
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p. 55-55
Tyrants
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p. 56-56
Love in the Ether
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p. 57-57
Consecration
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pp. 58-59
Legend with the Word Map
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p. 60-60
Professional Mourner
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p. 61-61
Mobiles
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pp. 62-63
E-ISBN-13: 9780819572530
Print-ISBN-13: 9780819521750
Page Count: 80
Publication Year: 1990
Edition: Trans. from the Portuguese
Series Title: Wesleyan Poetry in Translation
