So quietly the earth / David Lee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lee, David, 1944 August 13-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Landscapes.

Human ecology.

Southwestern States--Poetry.

Southwestern States.

Human ecology--Poetry.

Landscapes--Poetry.

Nature--Poetry.

Nature.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

127 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Port Townsend, Wash. : Copper Canyon Press, [2004]

Summary:

"One can only wish for more poets like David Lee."-"Chowder Review"

Set in the American Southwest, "So Quietly the Earth" is a book of landscape meditations on philosophical, theological and environmental issues. Radically departing from his justly famous narratives of rural life, David Lee weaves the archetypal elements of earth, fire, water, and air throughout his poems as he explores spiritual connections to the natural world.

David Lee, author of 15 books of poems, was named Utah's first Poet Laureate and in 2001 was a finalist for the United States Poet Laureate. A former seminary candidate, semi-pro baseball player and hog farmer, he recently retired as the head of the languages and literature department at Southern Utah University.

Contents:

Canyonlands Requiem 3

Dawn Psalm, Pine Valley 7

Alpine Pond, Cedar Breaks 9

The Grand Staircase 11

Paragonah in the Rhythm of Birdsong 14

Idyll: Found Poem 15

While Walking (I) 16

Summer Count: Wyethia arizonica 17

Abandoned Cabin on the Clark Ranch: Solstice 18

On Turning Up a Fossil in My Garden 20

Cedar Breaks 21

While Walking (II) 22

Postcard to Sam from Paragonah 23

Aspen Pole Fence 24

Idyll for a Collapsing Season 26

While Walking (III) 27

Autumn 28

Yovimpa Point 29

Bright Angel Point at Sunset 31

Parowan Canyon 32

While Walking (IV) 33

Pit Stop at Parowan Gap on a Windy Night 34

Zion Narrows 35

After the Tree Came Down 36

Kaiparowits Plateau 37

Psalm Written after Reading Cormac McCarthy and Taking a Three-Hour Climb to the Top of Pine Valley Mountain 38

Dry Lightning: Thor, in Disguise, Searches for Freya 41

Sonnet on the Sun, Rising 42

Dead Horse Point 43

Ode beneath a Hummingbird Feeder 44

Blowup Site, Williamson's Ranch 45

While Walking (V) 46

Lightning above the North Fields: Still Life with Rhyming Pronouns 47

On Finding a Drone Bee and a Painted Lady Butterfly in the Same Claret Cup Cactus Blossom 48

Cedar Mountain 49

While Walking (VI) 50

Field Trip: Grand Canyon, North Rim 51

While Walking (VII) 53

Mountain Meadows 54

Canyonlands, Eden 55

Betatakin 57

While Walking (VIII) 58

Midnight Mass, Escalante 59

Matins 63

Five-Year Drought: Small September Cloudburst on Pine Valley 64

South Gorge, Moab 65

While Walking (IX) 67

On the Drowned Town of Thistle beneath the Lake Caused by the Great Mudslide 68

Roots 70

Kolob at Evening 71

While Walking (X) 72

On the Gift of an Acorn Picked Up at the Site of Thoreau's Cabin 73

Tomorrow's Artifact: A Short Essay on Anthropocentric Mythopoeia 74

Rainy Day in Pine Valley 75

Dawn Song, Last Tango in Eden 77

While Walking (XI) 78

Cloudburst with Duckling at the Pond's Inlet 79

Rhapsody in Slickrock: A Song for the Roadrunner 80

Paragonah Canyon

Autumn 91

While Walking (XII) 121

Requiem 125.

ISBN:

1556592043

OCLC:

53469474