The hoopoe's crown : poems / by Jacqueline Osherow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Osherow, Jacqueline.

Series:

American poets continuum series ; v. 96.

American poets continuum series ; no. 96

Language:

English

Physical Description:

103 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Rochester, NY : BOA Editions, 2005.

Summary:

Dramatically urgent from the get-go, many of Jacqueline Osherow's poems approach inconsistencies and mysteries in Biblical texts. From traditional poetic forms (sonnet, terza rima, villanelle, sestina, acrostic, loose ottava rima) to an austere free verse, Osherow mixes humor and seriousness while maintaining a conversational tone. These poems deal with Jewish tradition and the land of Israel in revelatory new ways.

Jacqueline Osherow is the author of four previous poetry collections. Her work has appeared in "The Norton Anthology of Jewish American Literature," "The Penguin Book of the Sonne"t, "Best American Poetry "(1995 and 1998) and "The Extraordinary Tide: New Poetry by American Women." Awards include fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the NEA. She is a distinguished professor of English at the University of Utah.

Contents:

My Version: Medieval Acrostic 11

Eccentric Fractals: Isaiah, Math, and Snow 12

Desert Postcards 17

1 Highway Ninety: the Aravah

2 Eyn Avdat

3 Judean Hills

Fata Morgana 22

Egrets in Be'er Sheva 28

The Stork in the Heaven 30

Autumn Psalm 33

Ri'e Yazmin 41

At the Art Nouveau Synagogue, Rue Pavee 55

At the Wailing Wall 62

Spring Sonnet, with My Sister's Favorite Bit of Deborah 63

Villanelle 64

Saskatchewan Sonnets 65

Again, at San Giorgio degli Schiavoni 67

Slim Fantasia on a Few Words from Hosea 73

Snorkeling at Coral Beach/Fish in the Torah 80

Hearing News from the Temple Mount in Salt Lake City 83

Soreq 85

The Hoopoe's Crown 89

God's Acrostic 95.

ISBN:

1929918720

OCLC:

60742017