A question of gravity and light / Blas Falconer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Falconer, Blas.

Series:

Camino del sol

Language:

English

Physical Description:

63 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2007]

Summary:

It is rare to find contemporary American poetry that speaks to readers with engaging directness, free of pretense or posturing. That is exactly the kind of poetry that Blas Falconer writes. In his first collection, Falconer presents 46 poems that are emotionally forthright and linguistically evocative but written without affectation or subterfuge. Although Falconer is formally trained and is aware of the structures and potential of both free verse and traditional poetic forms, he crafts exquisite, heartfelt poems that surprise us with their simple intensity. Whether writing about the mysteries of childhood or the pleasures of cruising for gay sex in a metropolitan airport, he surprises us with the delicacy of his touch, never obvious or heavy-handed.

Contents:

Dead Reckoning 3

The Given Account 4

Lament 6

Letter from the Cumberland 7

To Orpheus 8

In the Absence of Love, the Heart Seeks a Constant 12

Letter from the Cumberland 13

A Story of Winter 14

Homage 16

Waterborne 18

To Know You Better 19

What We Have 20

Letter from the Cumberland 21

Want 22

The Feast of St. John 23

The Fear of Being Known 24

A Ride in the Rain 25

A Call from Whitman Walker Clinic 26

Letter from the Cumberland 29

Never 30

This 31

Dear Friend 32

Letter from the Cumberland 35

What You Know 36

Simile 38

And Though We Know It Does No Good 39

Benediction 41

Elegy 42

Letter from the Cumberland 43

The Vanishing Point 44

The Autopsy 45

Prayer 46

The Muse 47

To Useless Things 48

Letter from the Cumberland 49

In the Garden: After 50

Elsewhere 51

The Perfect Hour 52

Beyond This 53

Not There 55

Hubble's Law 56

Perihelion 57

The Battle of Nashville 58

A Question of Gravity and Light 59.

ISBN:

9780816526222

0816526222

OCLC:

74941960