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House built of rain / by Russell Thornton.
Van Pelt Library PR9199.3.T4788 H68 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thornton, Russell.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 85 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Madeira Park, B.C. : Harbour Pub., [2003]
- Summary:
- House Built of Rain is a dizzying journey of human experience. Oscillating from the moment of conception to the moment of death, tranquil forests to smoky urban bars, abuse to tenderness. Russell Thornton shows us beauty in a scream, ecstasy in violence and, in a dying breath, the universe.
- Contents:
- The Eyes of Travel 11
- My Mother and the Rain 12
- A Pause 14
- Brothers 15
- Running 16
- In the Sonora Hills 17
- The Thermos 18
- Magdalena Dawn 20
- The Holy Rose 21
- The Day of My Beginning 22
- The Encyclopedia 24
- In the Same Blink of an Eye 29
- Karaoke 30
- The St. Alice 32
- Harbour Seals 33
- Sun Shower 34
- The Beauty of the Word 35
- Lonsdale Quay 36
- Heron 38
- In the Centre of the Day 40
- The Boulders 42
- Mountain Huckleberries 43
- The Gesture in the Creek 44
- Night Bus 47
- The House in the Rain 48
- A Visit to the Dairy Queen 49
- The Little Piece of Song 52
- The Prophetess 54
- The Green-Eyed Woman 56
- Dream Catcher 58
- Owl 60
- Your Keys 62
- Psalm 64
- Nogales Prostitutes 67
- My Hands 68
- The Shop 70
- My Father's Shore 72
- Your Last Breaths 73
- The Man Who Was Never Cold 74
- The Fall After Your Died 76
- A Small Prayer 78
- Mouth of the Capilano River 79
- Circle of Leaves 80
- Solstice Mist 82
- Lanes 84.
- Notes:
- Poems.
- Includes brief biographical information on p. [2] of second group.
- ISBN:
- 1550172816
- OCLC:
- 51840222
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