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- Questions from Outer Space
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- 2022
- Published by: Red Hen Press
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Diane Thiel’s eagerly anticipated collection of poems, Questions from Outer Space, explores fresh and often humorous perspectives that capture the surreal quality of our swiftly changing lives on this planet. The poems travel through questions on many fronts, challenging assumptions and locating unique angles of perception. This thought-provoking book reflects a deep engagement with the natural world, a questioning of our built systems, the expansive wilderness of parenting, and the complexities of navigating outer and inner space.
- UNIVERSAL APPEAL: This collection of poems explores topics and questions that all humans struggle with and wonder about, offering a new, unique perspective to these universal topics
- AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR: Diane Thiel is the recipient of the PEN Award, the Robert Frost Award, the Robinson Jeffers Award, and the New Millennium Writings Award
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. 1-4
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 5-8
- I. Questions of Time and Direction
- Just Before Dawn
- p. 17
- Measure by Time
- p. 18
- Questions of Time and Direction
- pp. 24-25
- Spatial Equations
- p. 27
- So Much Depends
- pp. 30-31
- Expendable
- p. 32
- Time Won't Do It
- p. 33
- Sticks and Stones
- p. 34
- In the Rain
- p. 35
- Babes in the Wood
- p. 36
- Three Seasons
- p. 37
- II. Notice from Another Dimension
- Sleeping Dogs
- p. 41
- KwickAssess
- p. 43
- The Multiverse
- pp. 44-45
- Under the Rug
- p. 46
- Assimilation
- p. 49
- In the Mirror
- p. 50
- Love-spinning
- p. 54
- Kummerspeck
- p. 56
- Changing Reality
- pp. 57-58
- III. The Farthest Side
- The Farthest Side
- p. 61
- The Typewriter
- pp. 62-63
- Circle in the Sand
- p. 65
- One Early Morning
- p. 66
- Swamp Roses
- p. 68
- This Old Thing
- p. 69
- Letters from La Paz
- pp. 70-71
- How They Arrived
- p. 72
- Recovering the Lost
- p. 73
- Library of Veria, Greece
- pp. 74-75
- Learning to Breathe
- pp. 76-77
- Haiku Petroglyphs
- p. 78
- Elemental Trail
- p. 79
- Southern Cross
- p. 81
- IV. Time in the Wilderness
- The First Sea
- p. 85
- Astronaut Training
- p. 86
- Birth Announcement
- p. 87
- Counting Two
- p. 88
- Giant Children
- p. 90
- Interplanetary Spelling Bee
- pp. 92-93
- Living with Aliens
- p. 94
- Finding Home
- p. 97
- Time in the Wilderness
- p. 103
- Biographical Note
- p. 104
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