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