The land of bliss / Cathy Song.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Song, Cathy, 1955-

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Pitt poetry series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--Women authors.

American poetry.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

viii, 125 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2001]

Summary:

Cathy Song's fourth collection of poetry unveils glimpses of the elusive but ever-present power of wisdom and compassion. Recognizing that we have the ability to create our own misery as well as our own bliss, she finds the unexpected in broken lives, despair, and even seemingly joyous occasions.

Contents:

Fetters

Pokanini Girl 3

The Pineapple Fields 5

The Girl Can Run 7

Stink Eye 11

Pa-ke 14

Ghost 16

My Mother's Name 19

Living Proof 21

The Child Floats in a Sea of Grass 26

What Is Given 28

Fetters 29

The Roses of Guadalajara

The Meant to See China 33

The Valley Boat 36

Stone Soup 38

Committed 39

The Expense of Mildew 40

Fragrance Is the First to Go 42

Rust 43

Horizon 45

Riverbed 46

Peacefully, on the Wings of Forgiveness 47

Blue 49

The Roses of Guadalajara 50

White Ashes

Mountains of Ash 55

A Poet in the House 62

Book of Hours 63

Blueroses 64

The Sister 67

Honored Guest 73

In the Far Wing of an Old Museum 75

A City of Sleeves 77

The Slow Upheaval of Mist 82

The Sky-Blue Dress 83

Fur 86

White Ashes 88

The Land of Bliss

The Last of My Chinese Uncles Enters the Gates of Heaven 93

Triptych 96

The Bodhisattva Muses 100

Mother of Us All 104

Out of the Broken Mirror 106

Angels on the Way to the Dalai Lama 110

Handful 112

Caldera Illumina 113

The Land of Bliss 121.

ISBN:

0822957701

OCLC:

48208998