Cosmos: A Poem

Title Page, Copyright

COSMOS This page intentionally left blank COSMOS A POEM JAMES APPLEWHITE Louisiana State University Press Baton Rouge Publication of this book is made possible in part by support from Duke University. Published by Louisiana State University Press Copyright © 2014 by James Applewhite All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America LSU Press Paperback Original First printing Designer: Laura Roubique Gleason Typeface: Calluna Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Applewhite, James. [Poems. Selections] Cosmos : A Poem / James Applewhite. pages cm “LSU Press Paperback Original.” ISBN 978-0-8071-5499-1 (paper : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8071-5501-1 (epub) — ISBN 978-0-8071-5500-4 (pdf) — ISBN 978-0-8071-5502-8 (mobi) I. Title. PS3551.P67A6 2014 811'.54—dc23 2013021066 Grateful acknowledgment is made to the editors of the following publications, in which the poems listed first appeared: Georgia Review: “Reforested Land”; Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review: “First Star” (as “Star on the River”); Hudson Review: “The Late April Garden”; Maulana Azad Journal of the English Language and Literature (MAJELL): “The Home Place”; North Carolina Literary Review: “Unpublished Interview,” “Repairing the Farmhouse,” “Driving from Columbia,” “A Hotel Tower above Oahu,” “Reading the Science News”; Pembroke Magazine: “The Language of Space and Time” (as “The Language of Space”); 27 Views of Durham: “In the Gardens beside a Library.” The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. ∞ ...