The Geographer's Wife
New and Selected Poems
Publication Year: 2012
Published by: Red Hen Press
Title Page, Copyright, Acknowledgments
Contents
Section 1. The Town Clock Burning, 1985
The Town Clock Burning
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pp. 19-
Race War
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pp. 20-
To Winter
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pp. 21-
The Worker (We Own Two Houses)
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pp. 22-23
How Old Are the People of the World
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pp. 24-
Thunder for the Lady’s Sake
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pp. 25-
Salieri’s Sonnet
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pp. 26-
Something Called a City
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pp. 27-
A Prayer for Women
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pp. 28-
Prose Poem for Claire Fort
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pp. 29-
Blues of a Mumbling Train (The Underground Railroad)
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pp. 30-32
Reading It Over and Over
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pp. 33-
One Hour
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pp. 34-
Section 2. Darvil, 1991, Book One
XV The Blues Guitar
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pp. 37-
XXII Autobiography of Nine Genres
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pp. 38-
XXXXVI Darvil and the 4th of July
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pp. 39-
XXXXVII Indian Blues
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pp. 40-
XXXXVIII Dog Tag Rag
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pp. 41-
XXXXIX Darvil Meets James Brown in Harlem and New Orleans
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pp. 42-
LII Requiem for the Twenty-First Century
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pp. 43-44
Section 3. Frankenstein Was a Negro, 1993, Darvil Book Two
Red Neck Soup
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pp. 47-
Frankenstein Was a Negro
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pp. 48-
Poem for the Mad
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pp. 49-50
T.S. Eliot Was a Negro
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pp. 51-
The Blues Sonnet
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pp. 52-
As the Lilac Burned the Laurel Grew, 1999
As the Lilac Burned the Laurel Grew
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pp. 55-
The Poet’s Daughter
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pp. 56-
Sonnet for Shelley
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pp. 57-
Section 4. Afro Psalms, 2001
Afro Psalms
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pp. 61-
Young Woman
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pp. 62-
The Wedding Gift
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pp. 63-
Old Woman
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pp. 64-
Old Man
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pp. 65-
Justice
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pp. 66-
Preacher
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pp. 67-
Black Dolls, White Dolls
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pp. 68-
The Great Migration
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pp. 69-
Hometown
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pp. 70-
While the City Sleeps
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pp. 71-
America
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pp. 72-
The Long Hot Summer
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pp. 73-
Stepping Out
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pp. 74-
Othello
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pp. 75-
Section 5. New Poems
For Two Daughters
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pp. 79-80
There Was History in Their Amber Eyes
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pp. 81-
Something He Called Her Lovely
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pp. 82-
Valentine
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pp. 83-
Ode to Those Not Born in Nebraska
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pp. 84-86
Brother Kenny (Brother Bird)
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pp. 87-88
Little Star
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pp. 89-
Cousin Jack, Little Jack
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pp. 90-
New Year’s Eve
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pp. 91-92
After the Rehearsal
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pp. 93-94
In Memoriam
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pp. 95-97
In a Just and Miniature World
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pp. 98-
The City Born on a River in North Carolina (Wilmington)
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pp. 99-100
To a Young Child Waking
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pp. 101-
There You Were Falling and Beauty Asleep
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pp. 102-103
The Ghost of the World on the Plains
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pp. 104-
Sawdust and Tinsel
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pp. 105-
Under the Volcano
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pp. 106-
Brown Like a Father Close to Death
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pp. 107-109
The Magic Man Held a Blue Crystal Ball
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pp. 110-120
Work for Life in the City
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pp. 121-122
On Being Invisible (For Ralph Ellison)
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pp. 123-129
The Last Black Hippie in Connecticut
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pp. 130-133
The End of the War Gave Us
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pp. 134-136
The Writer at His Desk
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pp. 137-138
Section 6. We Did Not Fear the Father
We Did Not Fear the Father
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pp. 141-
Section 7. The Vagrant Hours
The Vagrant Hours
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pp. 145-150
Children Wish for Angels and Dream of War
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pp. 151-
Scale Beautiful
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pp. 152-
Driving Father Down a Mountain Road in Farmington, Connecticut, 1983
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pp. 153-
The Writer Blind
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pp. 154-
Blueblood
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pp. 155-
To Spring
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pp. 156-
Justice
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pp. 157-
Section 8. Lord Melancholy
The Ugly Man Behind the Little Wood
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pp. 161-163
The Letter Killeth
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pp. 164-
Immortelles
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pp. 165-
Through Blake’s Eyes
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pp. 166-
Old Christmas
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pp. 167-
Section 9. Hollow Ground
Hollow Ground #1
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pp. 171-176
There Was Glee and Reprisal in the Little Wood
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pp. 177-178
The Dead Shall Be Raised
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pp. 179-180
Dueling Afros
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pp. 181-
The Barber Shop Blues
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pp. 182-
Closer to You than the Stars to Heaven
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pp. 183-
This Was the Breathing Hour
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pp. 184-
Lustgarden
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pp. 185-
Wild Strawberries
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pp. 186-
What We Cannot Know We Have Gifts to Learn
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pp. 187-
Cries and Whispers
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pp. 188-
We Kissed as Lovers Under Widowed Light
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pp. 189-
The Woman Slow-Danced in Satan’s Arms
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pp. 190-
Brother from Another Planet
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pp. 191-
Section 10. Mrs. Belladonna’s Supper Club Waltz
Chapter One: Mrs. Belladonna’s Supper Club Waltz
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pp. 197-201
Chapter Two: Little Eliot
Little Eliot
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pp. 205-211
The Hunger of Gravity
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pp. 212-
Hollow Ground #2
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pp. 213-
Index
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pp. 215-219
About the Author
E-ISBN-13: 9781597093231
Print-ISBN-13: 9781597091695
Print-ISBN-10: 1597091693
Page Count: 120
Publication Year: 2012
Edition: First
