The rhubarb king : poems / by Sharon Chmielarz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chmielarz, Sharon.

Contributor:

Laura Jan Meyerson Poetry Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--Poetry.

Families.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

60 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bemidji, Minn. : Loonfeather Press, 2006.

Contents:

[pt. 1]. The king

The rhubarb king

Duet in the little blue church

What he handled or The feel of things

Washing my face

Vinegar

Long distance skating, North Dakota, 1910

In his car

[pt. 2]. In a Russian garden

From the photo album : the German Russians, their houses

Meadowlarks

Rosina, 1890

In a Russian garden

TEA

The steppe/prairie

Getting through Siberia

To Lenin : on the occasion of the November 7, 1916 anniversary

The sacrifice

Where the radish blooms

Concert at the Countess's house

Bessarabia in North Dakota

So far and no farther

[pt. 3]. Rooms

Rooms

Garden

Reading the General's envelope

Letter form God to Eve about the annual yield

Hands

So-so garden

Head on heels

Remembering the acts done to the dead

Cold lightning in North Dakota

A world of its own : cabbage

Watching two crows circle

Final statements

Things

Thinking of the past's usefulness

Weispfenning House, Fredonia, North Dakota

North Dakota estate sale, 1965

Bread, 1908

Her trunk

Last look at the porch

Clock

The old man makes it

Morning glories

Sky and moon.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Laura Jan Meyerson Poetry Fund.

ISBN:

0926147226

9780926147225

OCLC:

69670771