Maroon : poems / by Danielle Legros Georges.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Georges, Danielle Legros.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Haitian Americans--Poetry.

Haitian Americans.

Haiti--Poetry.

Haiti.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

70 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Willimantic, CT : Curbstone Press, 2001.

Summary:

Maroon" is the debut collection of Haitian-American poet Danielle Georges who writes of the pain of exile, the beauty of nature, and the delights of love in highly rhythmic, highly original language. The range of her voice is remarkable-from the comic to the tragic to the lyric, but always her poetry is electric with an overpowering zest for life and vitality of language.

"from"Our Water We could have been a waterfall, at the sacred site of Saute-D'eau, encircled by an impromptu ceremony of birds. Instead, in Boston's November. we take what we can: flights of laughter, and only a bar of soap between us. Marketing Plans:

o Author readings in Boston, Hartford, Storrs, Amherst, New York.

Contents:

To and From 3

Buttercup 5

A Dream: The Clock Is Melting 6

Songs For Women 7

Hen Hen Hen 8

musing 10

palimpsest dress 11

Night Watch 12

Attached 14

Maroon 15

Fishing 17

small i 20

How to Kiss 22

A Painting at the Met 24

Another Ode to Salt 27

Boston Back Yard 28

Mrs. Jean-Louis Listens to the Doctor, Boston City Hospital 29

Family Portrait 30

Airfield 31

Accents in Degrees 32

Stones for Libations 33

My Father is Dogon 35

Anacaona 36

Nova 39

The List Grows 40

Vellum 41

Praisesong for Port-au-Prince 42

Fin We Mo 43

St. Francesco 46

Ogoun 47

General Sun 48

Vexed 51

Compas 54

Fillette 55

Looking Up 56

Our Water 57

Writing Lesson on the Lawn 58

Everyone Loves a Good Villain 61

A Cut 62

At the Basketball Hall of Fame 63

Grasshopper 65

Hostage 67

The Yellow Forms of Paradise 68.

ISBN:

1880684799

OCLC:

46640893