In this Book
- The Old Woman, the Tulip, and the Dog
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
- Series: Pitt Poetry Series
summary
This book by a major American poet is for poetry readers at all levels, academic and non-academic. It is a sequence of poems that will surprise and delight readers—in the voices of an old woman full of memories, a glamorous tulip, and an earthy dog who always has the last word.
Table of Contents
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- The Promise Triptych
- pp. 9-10
- What We Love
- p. 16
- Soften and Melt
- p. 20
- In Every Life
- p. 23
- The Fear Triptych
- p. 25
- Ridiculous
- p. 26
- The Outsiders
- p. 27
- Anger I: Gray Cement
- pp. 28-29
- They Speak of Race
- p. 36
- I Want to Live
- pp. 38-39
- Bright Star and Devil Moon
- pp. 41-42
- The Sorrow Triptych
- pp. 47-48
- Anger II: the Rape
- p. 51
- To a Pregnant Woman
- pp. 53-54
- The Beginning of Time
- pp. 57-58
- Sweet Chariot
- p. 59
- In War Time
- p. 61
- Paw on Your Lap
- p. 62
- Many Lives
- p. 63
- Summertime
- p. 64
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 69-70
Additional Information
ISBN
9780822979654
Related ISBN(s)
9780822962915
MARC Record
OCLC
883820037
Pages
79
Launched on MUSE
2014-07-16
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2014