In this Book
- Our Purpose in Speaking
- Book
- 2018
- Published by: Michigan State University Press
- Series: Wheelbarrow Books
summary
In this debut poetry collection by an award-winning fiction writer, the longing for God and the poignancy of family life echo each other’s music. The traditional forms of sonnet, sestina, and villanelle punctuate more modern verse forms, this combination being only one of the strands binding past and present. Many of these poems may be read as confessions—of joy, of hurtfulness given or received, of awe at the inescapable reality of love. This volume comprises spiritual writing that remains firmly of this world, part apostasy, part song, reaching out for meaning from both the shifting landscape of Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay and the interior places of the heart.
Table of Contents
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- Series Editor's Introduction
- pp. ix-x
- Critical Care
- The Phantom Hitcher
- pp. 7-8
- The Vinedresser
- pp. 10-11
- Wood, Shell, Star
- pp. 13-14
- Night Fishing on Chesapeake Bay
- pp. 16-17
- Snakes in Ceiling
- pp. 19-21
- Adonai, Adonai
- pp. 22-23
- Witch Canticle
- pp. 24-25
- Jack o’Lanterns in a Row
- pp. 26-27
- The Love Gods Ask
- pp. 31-32
- Critical Care
- pp. 34-38
- Our Purpose In Speaking
- Fifty-four Acres
- p. 42
- The Swimmer
- pp. 43-45
- I Want the Light No One Sees
- pp. 47-48
- Metaphor of the Cave
- p. 49
- Our Purpose in Speaking
- pp. 53-56
- Whale, Cape Henlopen
- pp. 57-58
- Sonnet: Lust
- p. 61
- Catechumen
- pp. 63-64
- Handmaiden
- pp. 67-69
- Epitaph for Unwritten Poetry
- pp. 70-71
- Jalousie Maladive
- p. 72
- The Woman Upstairs Making Love
- pp. 75-76
- Sonnet: Crucifix
- pp. 77-78
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 79-80
Additional Information
ISBN
9781609175719
Related ISBN(s)
9781611862904, 9781628953374, 9781628963373
MARC Record
OCLC
1040632019
Pages
96
Launched on MUSE
2018-06-18
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2018