In this Book

Beautiful Lesson of the I: poems

Book
Frances Brent
2008
Published by: Utah State University Press
Series: Swenson Poetry Award
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The Beautiful Lesson of the I is a collection of finely made poems by an accomplished poet. It will reward the scholar and the student of poetry, as well as the reader looking for the simple pleasures of poetic insight authentically felt. Winner of the Swenson Poetry Award 2005. Now in paperback.

Table of Contents

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Cover

Frontmatter

Contents

pp. vii-viii

Acknowledgments

pp. ix

Foreword

pp. xi-xii

PART ONE: The Clear and Sonorous Air

pp. 3-45

THE CLEAR AND SONOROUS AIR

pp. 5

THE SILVER SKATES

pp. 6

DELFT

pp. 7

PORT DE LA ROCHELLE

pp. 8

PLATE AND INSECT

pp. 9

LITTLE DREAM BEFORE SLEEP

pp. 10

LAMPHOLDER AND BUCKET

pp. 11

ANGEL

pp. 12

APPLE

pp. 13

BLEEDING HEART

pp. 14

BLISTERS

pp. 15

BOTTLES

pp. 16

BUTTERFLY

pp. 17

CAGE

pp. 18

CORPSE

pp. 19

DOG

pp. 20

EGG

pp. 21

EGGS IN A BASKET

pp. 22

FIGURE AND MOTH

pp. 23

FIRE

pp. 24

FIRE IN THE DOLL’S HOUSE

pp. 25

GLOBE

pp. 26

HARLEQUIN

pp. 27

HEART WITH METAL CORDS

pp. 28

HEN AND CHICK

pp. 29

HORSE

pp. 30

INFANT

pp. 31

MAN AND DEMONS

pp. 32

MELON

pp. 33

THE PLACE WHERE I HARBOR ANGER

pp. 34

PORCELAIN BLUE BOAT

pp. 35

RAIN ON THE MOUNTAIN

pp. 36

THE RAT

pp. 37

ROSE

pp. 38

SCISSORS

pp. 39

SHELLS

pp. 40

SNOW WITH THE CAT

pp. 41

STAR

pp. 42

THUNDERMOUTH

pp. 43

TREE

pp. 44

VAGABOND

pp. 45

PART TWO: The Box

pp. 47-57

THE BOX

pp. 49

GHOST CAT

pp. 50

RELIC DREAM

pp. 51

THEATRICAL OF CLOWNS

pp. 52

OLD STORY FROM THE HOUSE WITH PUPPETS

pp. 53

THE BEAUTIFUL LESSON OF THE I

pp. 54

STRIKE OR MASSACRE

pp. 55

UNDO

pp. 56

MEMORY IS THE TREASURE HOUSE OF ALL THINGS

pp. 57

About the Author

pp. 59

The May Swenson Poetry Award

pp. 61
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