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- Crooked Run: Poems
- Book
- 2006
- Published by: Louisiana State University Press
summary
The poems in Crooked Run arise from the landscape, people, and history of a small patch of rural northern Virginia that was once Henry Taylor's home. Taylor moves back and forth over several centuries telling the stories of Loudoun County, part of which is watered by Crooked Run. The stream becomes an emblem of passing time as the poet evokes with love, sometimes with regret, a period and place that modern development has almost obliterated. This is a deeply felt work that in the midst of suburban development summons earlier eras of a locale and its inhabitants with sadness, humor, and a profound sense of loss.
Table of Contents
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- I
- Metes and Bounds
- p. 3
- Creek Walk
- p. 4
- Stones and Staves
- pp. 10-11
- The Dining Room at Springdale
- pp. 12-14
- A Little Respect
- pp. 15-16
- An Artist from Another Place
- pp. 18-19
- A Brief Partnership
- p. 20
- Vision at Woods' Edge
- pp. 21-22
- Summer Hill
- pp. 24-26
- A Crosstown Breeze
- pp. 27-28
- II
- My Dear Sister Hannah
- pp. 31-38
- III
- After High Water
- p. 41
- Brilliance
- pp. 45-47
- The Hayfork
- pp. 49-50
- A Set of Hoofprints
- p. 51
- Valentine's Daffodils
- pp. 52-55
- Aka Fawn Meadow
- p. 56
- Boy Hunting in Bog
- pp. 57-58
- On the Air
- p. 59
- Hughesville Nights
- pp. 60-61
- Creek Walk
- p. 62
Additional Information
ISBN
9780807165959
Related ISBN(s)
9780807131244
MARC Record
OCLC
966875582
Pages
72
Launched on MUSE
2017-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No