In this Book
- Letters to Guns
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: Red Hen Press
summary
Letters to Guns examines the para-physical natures of love and history, at times re-imagining both. As the poems progress, eight letters arrive written by non-human addressees (a nightgown, a grove of trees, a wooden spoon, others) at random points over the last 2,200 years. They are messages from home and pleas for understanding, warnings and promises of change. These in turn ignite other poems and themes which anticipate the next arrival. Taken together, the letters form an armature, a living skeleton fleshed by real and metaphenomenal experience. Throughout, a variety of styles appears and no single approach to poetry pervades. Singly, these poems should challenge and entertain. As a group they must transform and evolve our experience of sitting down with a book of poems.
Table of Contents
Download Full Book
- Dedication
- pp. 11-12
- Introduction
- pp. 13-14
- Part I. Big Bang
- pp. 15-16
- One Million Years BC
- pp. 17-18
- Cold Reading
- p. 20
- Slide Show
- pp. 25-26
- Invocation of the Squid
- pp. 33-34
- Part II. Recoil
- pp. 35-36
- Letter VIII
- p. 37
- And Only Once
- pp. 38-39
- The Need to Leave
- p. 42
- Meeting The Authors
- p. 43
- The Missing
- p. 44
- A History of Sympathetic Navigation
- pp. 50-51
- The Flickers
- p. 52
- Part III. Stopping Power
- pp. 53-54
- Unsung Cheese
- pp. 56-57
- Letter VII
- p. 58
- The Need to Stay
- pp. 62-63
- Letter III
- pp. 68-69
- The Bountiful
- p. 70
- The Wildflowers
- p. 71
Additional Information
ISBN
9781597091909
Related ISBN(s)
9781597091381
MARC Record
OCLC
867793480
Pages
80
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No