Fishing with blood : poems / by Fleda Brown Jackson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jackson, Fleda Brown, 1944-

Language:

English

Physical Description:

74 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, [1988]

Summary:

The poet explains the origin of the poetry books unusual title: "A sure way to catch catfish and other bottom-feeders is to squeeze a ball of partially dried cow's blood around a hook. The blood dissolves slowly, spreading its tendrils of odor into the surrounding water. It's like the tight wad of blood relations out of which I keep flinging myself and my words, both to lure whatever is out there and to assure myself of how tightly I'm hooked to the center."

ISBN:

0911198946

OCLC:

17202526