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- Where She Always Was
- 2008
- Book
- Published by: Utah State University Press
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In his foreword, J.D. McClatchy speaks of the musical qualities of Lindsay's work: "It is impossible, reading her poems, not to hear a musical hand at work. This is not just a matter of delicacy or virtuosity. It is also a matter of knowing how to phrase a line... Lindsay moves from detail to trope with utter poise, with an intuitive sense of what to sustain or emphasize. Her language is crisp. I can pick a stanza at random... and praise its plosive energy, its modulated vowels, its variety and elan... Where She Always Was allows us . . . the rare gratification of watching a poet--wonderfully accomplished, quietly persuasive--look back on a lifetime's worth of emotions and calculate their bearing on the present. In her craft is the truth."
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- p. ix
- Gathering Him In
- p. 5
- Feral Kittens
- p. 7
- Gradual Clearing
- p. 10
- Taking Off My Cross
- p. 12
- Kiss, Afterward
- p. 13
- Dog, Napping
- p. 14
- Rapunzel Descending
- p. 17
- Mother's Goldfish
- p. 22
- Bad Dog Man
- p. 24
- Underneath
- p. 25
- By the Lake
- p. 27
- Remembering Stars
- p. 28
- Square Dance, 1956
- p. 29
- Cello Lessons
- p. 30
- The Correction
- p. 31
- Midas Alone
- p. 32
- Personal Effects
- p. 35
- PART THREE
- pp. 39-61
- Cold Front
- p. 41
- Aging Nude
- p. 43
- Lines on a Window
- p. 44
- Cinderella at Work
- p. 45
- Lighters and Knives
- p. 48
- White Shirt
- p. 50
- Eve in Exile
- p. 51
- Magdalene Bathing
- p. 53
- Silent Night
- p. 57
- Where She Always Was
- p. 60
- Benediction
- p. 61
- About the Author
- p. 63
Additional Information
ISBN
9780874214987
Related ISBN(s)
9780874215816, 9780874215847
MARC Record
OCLC
646825723
Pages
79
Launched on MUSE
2012-02-08
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
Copyright
2005