In this Book
- The Zones of Paradise
- Book
- 2003
- Published by: The University of Akron Press
- Series: Akron Series in Poetry
summary
Lynn Powell’s earlier work has deservedly brought her prestigious prizes and a loyal following. Now, in The Zones of Paradise, Powell extends her range and raises her language to a new intensity. These poems travel from Australia to New Mexico, from the Garden of Eden to her own back yard in Ohio, and everywhere they tremble with the restless exploration of desire, thwarted or fulfilled: “my heart another / Magellan of memory and want.” The Zones of Paradise may offer a vision of what it is like to live in “the fallout of The Fall,” but Powell’s lines dazzle with their sensuous intelligence and vivid wit, introducing an undaunted Eve who can announce, “I want to take April as my personal savior.” In poems that embrace both the risks and pleasures of experience, Lynn Powell celebrates the only world we know.
Table of Contents
Download Full Book
- I
- ORIGINAL ERRATA
- p. 3
- YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS
- pp. 4-5
- DREADING SPRING
- pp. 10-11
- HERE & YONDER
- pp. 14-15
- LATE SNOWSTORM
- p. 16
- BLACK ORCHIDS
- pp. 17-18
- APRIL & ECCLESIASTES
- p. 19
- AND THE FIRST SHALL BE LAST
- pp. 20-21
- II
- LEEWARD OF BEYOND
- pp. 26-28
- LARDER WITH CHRIST AT EMMAUS
- pp. 29-30
- SWAMP GENESIS
- p. 31
- COLD VALENTINE
- p. 32
- THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO 3 A.M.
- pp. 34-35
- RENDEZVOUS IN LOW LIGHT
- pp. 36-37
- HABAKKUK 2:19
- p. 42
- NAKED AMBITION
- p. 43
- III
- ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
- pp. 50-51
- ASPIRATION
- p. 52
- VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE
- pp. 53-54
- OUTSIDE THE GARDEN
- p. 55
- GARDEN PASSAGES
- pp. 56-58
- SNAIL MAIL TO THE CORINTHIANS
- pp. 59-60
- EVE AT THE LOUVRE
- pp. 67-68
- Acknowledgments
- p. 70
Additional Information
ISBN
9781937378042
Related ISBN(s)
9781931968089
MARC Record
OCLC
607064833
Pages
68
Launched on MUSE
2012-02-08
Language
English
Open Access
No