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Where She Always Was
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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

  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. p. ix
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  1. Foreword
  2. pp. xi-xiii
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  1. PART ONE
  2. pp. 3-17
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  1. Gathering Him In
  2. p. 5
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  1. Rain Turning to Snow
  2. p. 6
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  1. Feral Kittens
  2. p. 7
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  1. Missing
  2. p. 8
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  1. For Nadja
  2. p. 9
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  1. Gradual Clearing
  2. p. 10
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  1. Ladybug
  2. p. 11
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  1. Taking Off My Cross
  2. p. 12
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  1. Kiss, Afterward
  2. p. 13
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  1. Dog, Napping
  2. p. 14
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  1. Happiness
  2. p. 15
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  1. Magnolia
  2. p. 16
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  1. Rapunzel Descending
  2. p. 17
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  1. PART TWO
  2. pp. 19-38
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  1. Respects
  2. p. 21
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  1. Mother's Goldfish
  2. p. 22
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  1. I Liked My Mother Best
  2. p. 23
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  1. Bad Dog Man
  2. p. 24
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  1. Underneath
  2. p. 25
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  1. Saturday Mornings, 1954
  2. p. 26
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  1. By the Lake
  2. p. 27
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  1. Remembering Stars
  2. p. 28
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  1. Square Dance, 1956
  2. p. 29
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  1. Cello Lessons
  2. p. 30
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  1. The Correction
  2. p. 31
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  1. Midas Alone
  2. p. 32
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  1. Vigil
  2. p. 33
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  1. Chagall's Floating Woman
  2. p. 34
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  1. Personal Effects
  2. p. 35
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  1. Unafraid
  2. p. 36
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  1. Mother
  2. p. 37
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  1. Urn
  2. p. 38
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  1. PART THREE
  2. pp. 39-61
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  1. Cold Front
  2. p. 41
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  1. Midas's Daughter at Fifty
  2. p. 42
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  1. Aging Nude
  2. p. 43
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  1. Lines on a Window
  2. p. 44
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  1. Cinderella at Work
  2. p. 45
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  1. Thaw
  2. p. 46
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  1. Antiphon
  2. p. 47
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  1. Lighters and Knives
  2. p. 48
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  1. The Clothesline Project
  2. p. 49
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  1. White Shirt
  2. p. 50
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  1. Eve in Exile
  2. p. 51
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  1. Nowhere Near Bethlehem
  2. p. 52
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  1. Magdalene Bathing
  2. p. 53
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  1. Should This Become Ordinary
  2. p. 54
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  1. Old Dog
  2. p. 55
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  1. Remains
  2. p. 56
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  1. Silent Night
  2. p. 57
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  1. Blessing at the End of Time
  2. p. 58
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  1. Pyre
  2. p. 59
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  1. Where She Always Was
  2. p. 60
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  1. Benediction
  2. p. 61
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  1. About the Author
  2. p. 63
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  1. The May Swenson Poetry Award
  2. p. 65
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