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Double going : poems / by Richard Foerster.
Van Pelt Library PS3556.O23 D68 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Foerster, Richard, 1949-
- Series:
- American poets continuum series ; v. 70.
- American poets continuum series ; no. 70
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 95 pages ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Rochester, NY : BOA Editions, 2002.
- Summary:
- In "Double Going," Richard Foerster's tightly chiseled poems are rife with a doubling of images and motifs that reappear like musical phrases sounding in different contexts. The title speaks to the dual nature of love and anger that a son feels towards his father.
- Richard Foerster is the author of three previous poetry collections, "Sudden Harbor" and "Patterns of Decent" (Orchises Press) and "Trillium" (BOA), which received Honorable Mention for the 2000 Poets' Prize. He is the editor of the literary magazine "Chelsea." He lives in York Beach, Maine.
- Contents:
- I. Velocities of the Lost
- The Lost 15
- Photograph of Angela, 1929 16
- A Brief Survey of Neurology 17
- 1. Petit Mal
- 2. Tourette's
- 3. Grand Mal
- The Weight of the Past 19
- The Lighthouse at Cassis 20
- Tantum Ergo 21
- Peonies 22
- Anna's House 23
- Insects at Night 25
- Wisteria 26
- Fog 27
- Church Burning 28
- The Pornographer 29
- Time's Square 30
- Tattoo 31
- Sonnet 32
- In the Poem of Social Conscience 33
- Hummingbird Exhibit 34
- Intersections 36
- Tourists 38
- Hymn 39
- Aquarelle 40
- What Was Given 41
- II. The Knot
- The Son He Never Had 45
- Double Going 47
- Fists 47
- Toolbox 48
- Waltz 49
- Smokes 50
- Solder 51
- Eggs 52
- Fishline 53
- Mirror 54
- Garden 55
- Scotch 56
- Alba 57
- Shucking 58
- Cremains 59
- Pocketwatch 60
- Swing 61
- Barrow 62
- Kodaks 63
- Whittle 64
- III. Retrievals
- Lyric 67
- An Abiding 68
- Garden Spider 69
- Garage Sale Mirror 70
- Tiresias at Evening 72
- Work 73
- St. Francis, Distracted by Birds 74
- Sea Ducks in Winter 75
- Lake Winnipesaukee 76
- Leafy Sea Dragons at the Musee Oceanographique, Monaco 77
- At the Cathedrale Ste-Reparate 78
- Monks Touring the Papal Palace 80
- Glass 82
- Swimmer at the Y 84
- Home After Months Away 85
- A Bottle of Chateau d'Yquem 1966 86
- Snakeskin 88
- Father's Day in Palmyra, NY 89.
- ISBN:
- 1929918178
- OCLC:
- 46928878
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