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- Poetry in America
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
- Series: Pitt Poetry Series
summary
Poetry in America offers extravagantly formed lyric and narrative poems that function like works of social realism for our times: hard times, wartime, divorce, times of downturn and dissipated resources. Where, in such times, can poetry emerge, the book asks—and answers—again and again. Largely set in rural places and small towns, these poems are politically committed but deeply sensuous, emotionally complex and compassionate. They take up the everyday in meaningful ways, and deliver it with blunt force, yet not without hope or bright humor.
Table of Contents
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- Double the Digits
- pp. 3-4
- Bat Boy, Break a Leg
- pp. 6-7
- Gravity Hill
- p. 15
- Nights Like This
- p. 17
- Gettysburg, 1996
- p. 18
- Winter Riff
- p. 19
- Poetry in America
- pp. 21-22
- This Side of Paradise
- pp. 29-30
- Cardio-kickboxing in a Town of 6,000
- pp. 36-38
- Gerard Manley Hopkins on the 6 Train
- pp. 39-40
- September’s End
- p. 41
- Years from Now When You Are Weary
- pp. 42-44
- Westmoreland
- pp. 48-49
- Tissue Balloon
- p. 50
- Memorial Day, 1972
- p. 53
- Elegy Against ——,Ten Years Later
- pp. 55-56
- The Beauty Line
- pp. 59-61
- Return to Bern
- pp. 62-63
- Oral Tradition
- p. 64
- Rachel on the Threshing Floor
- pp. 65-72
- Summer of the 17-Year Cicada
- pp. 73-74
- Hens and Chicks
- p. 76
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 79-80
Additional Information
ISBN
9780822978329
Related ISBN(s)
9780822961567
MARC Record
OCLC
865578381
Pages
88
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No