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- Waking Bodies
- Book
- 2006
- Published by: Red Hen Press
summary
Yes, it’s safe to go back to poetry. In fact, it’s highly recommended, thanks to Rex Wilder and his engaging first book of poems. Waking Bodies has already been praised by luminaries as diverse as the metrical Richard Wilbur and the asymmetrical Billy Collins for its qualities of pure enjoyment. The highly popular Collins, a Two-Term Poet Laureate of the United States, says, "In Rex Wilder's poetry, the tired English of everyday use comes back to us refreshed and full of its original surprise. In a world glutted with poetry, that Wilder has found a new way to say the old things is a notable achievement."
Table of Contents
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- The Sign Says November There
- pp. 15-16
- Part 1. A Beautiful Strain
- pp. 17-18
- Pre-Raphaelite
- p. 21
- Séverine Between Marriages
- pp. 23-28
- Romeo of Séverine
- p. 31
- Le Presbytère
- p. 33
- In and Outback
- p. 34
- Séverine’s Ecstasy
- p. 37
- Séverine’s E-Mail
- p. 39
- Séverine’s Ark
- p. 40
- A Winter Wedding
- p. 42
- Number Ten
- p. 43
- Normandy Redivivus
- pp. 44-45
- Part 2. Drought Notes
- pp. 47-48
- Drought Notes
- pp. 49-55
- Part 3. The Blueprint Sky
- pp. 57-58
- The Last Ten Minutes
- p. 62
- René Underground
- pp. 63-64
- Part 4. The Space of Ten Dozen Lawns
- pp. 65-66
- Holiday Special
- p. 67
- Cedars of Lebanon
- p. 69
- The First Magnolias
- p. 71
- Six-Thirty
- p. 74
- Premium Poem
- p. 75
- The Business of Life
- p. 77
- The Folder
- p. 78
- The Sad Divides
- p. 80
- How He Loved Her
- p. 81
- In the Early Days
- p. 87
- From The Clear Coast
- p. 88
- Police Chase
- p. 89
- The Far Reaches
- p. 93
- Summers on Woodland
- pp. 94-96
Additional Information
ISBN
9781597096768
Related ISBN(s)
9781597090629
MARC Record
OCLC
868219130
Pages
96
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No