South x South : poems from Antarctica / Charles Hood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hood, Charles, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antarctica--Poetry.

Antarctica.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

vi, 63 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2013]

Summary:

A vivid and insightful look at the culture and terrain of Antarctica, as well as the people who choose to live and work there, South × South celebrates and explores life at the extreme edge of our planet. Book jacket.

Contents:

Food for the Moon 1

Waking Up with Mechanics 2

C-17, Pegasus Field 3

Tulips 5

Things the Doctor Asks 7

Girl, Trees, Paper Balloons 8

Last Year's Checklist 9

I Take Good Notes, Getting Ready to Fly South 11

Scale Model 12

Marble Point Refueling Station 13

The History of Luck 15

Manifest for a Pole Flight 17

Free-Fall (1) 18

Free-Fall (2) 19

What Comes Next 20

One was named June- 21

A Short History of Flight with an Emphasis on Food 22

Robert Falcon Scott Strikes-Through His Journal Coming Back from the Pole 24

Matchbox 25

Pemmican 27

Dibs on Shotgun 28

Royal New Zealand Air Force 29

Galen Rowell Rides Eliot Porter Like a Pony 30

FSA 31

Telling Michael Light 32

Sunrise on Mercury 33

Kate Coles Erases Me 34

The Suicide of Lawrence Oates 35

Briefing 38

Arrival Forms 39

Fifteen Seconds 40

Morning Edition 41

Shackleton's Grave 45

Some Luck, McMurdo 46

Miss Gallagher 47

Names 48

Skype 50

McMurdo, Still Lucky 51

Pinniped Physiology 52

I Cut My Knee, Too 53

Exit Interview 54

ACH 044 55

Water Sky 57.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780821420386

0821420380

OCLC:

823927404