Beautiful Lesson of the I

poems

Frances Brent

Publication Year: 2008

<P>The Beautiful Lesson of the I is a collection of finely made poems by an accomplished poet. It will reward the scholar and the student of poetry, as well as the reader looking for the simple pleasures of poetic insight authentically felt. Winner of the Swenson Poetry Award 2005. Now in paperback.</P>

Published by: Utah State University Press

Contents
Search Inside This Book
Book Details

pdf icon Download PDF (209.7 KB)
pp. vii-viii

Acknowledgments

pdf icon Download PDF (206.6 KB)
pp. ix-

Foreword

pdf icon Download PDF (216.2 KB)
pp. xi-xii

As the pun in its title reminds us, this collection is full of poems about seeing. But since, appropriately for the distilled and trenchant character of this book, no word in the title is inert, the poems in “The Beautiful Lesson” are also about beauty...

E-ISBN-13: 9780874215229
Print-ISBN-13: 9780874216196

Publication Year: 2008

Beautiful Lesson of the I

Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword

PART ONE: The Clear and Sonorous Air

THE CLEAR AND SONOROUS AIR

THE SILVER SKATES

DELFT

PORT DE LA ROCHELLE

PLATE AND INSECT

LITTLE DREAM BEFORE SLEEP

LAMPHOLDER AND BUCKET

ANGEL

APPLE

BLEEDING HEART

BLISTERS

BOTTLES

BUTTERFLY

CAGE

CORPSE

DOG

EGG

EGGS IN A BASKET

FIGURE AND MOTH

FIRE

FIRE IN THE DOLL’S HOUSE

GLOBE

HARLEQUIN

HEART WITH METAL CORDS

HEN AND CHICK

HORSE

INFANT

MAN AND DEMONS

MELON

THE PLACE WHERE I HARBOR ANGER

PORCELAIN BLUE BOAT

RAIN ON THE MOUNTAIN

THE RAT

ROSE

SCISSORS

SHELLS

SNOW WITH THE CAT

STAR

THUNDERMOUTH

TREE

VAGABOND

PART TWO: The Box

THE BOX

GHOST CAT

RELIC DREAM

THEATRICAL OF CLOWNS

OLD STORY FROM THE HOUSE WITH PUPPETS

THE BEAUTIFUL LESSON OF THE I

STRIKE OR MASSACRE

UNDO

MEMORY IS THE TREASURE HOUSE OF ALL THINGS

About the Author

The May Swenson Poetry Award

Research Areas

Recommend

Related Content

Welcome to Project MUSE

Connect with Project MUSE

Cover 1

Cover 2

Cover 3