Sailing by Ravens / Holly J. Hughes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hughes, Holly J., author.

Series:

Alaska literary series

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

84 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, [2014]

Summary:

Gillnetter, Mariner, and Naturalist Holly Hughes has experienced first-hand the practical and philosophical consequences of navigating difficult waters. In Sailing by Ravens, she gathers wisdom gained from thirty seasons working off Alaska's shores, weaving personal experience and her love of the sea with the history and science of navigation. In this exquisite collection of poems, Hughes deftly navigates "the wavering, certain path" of a woman's heart, finding that sometimes the best directions to follow are those that come from the natural forces in our lives. These meditations offer waypoints for readers on their own journeys. Book jacket.

Contents:

North

The Navigational Fix 1

Horizon 2

Captive 3

Artifacts 4

Desire Lines 5

Desire is never on the map 6

Barometer 8

So Many Superstitions to Defy 9

Heading for Town 10

Body Memory 11

What She Can't Say 12

Correcting for Variation 13

Correcting for Deviation 14

What the Sea Takes, Gives Back 15

Steer for the Light 16

Because the sea never forgets 17

West

Hsui 21

What Was Lost 22

Wind Rose 24

This World More Properly Resembles a Heart 25

Mercator Writes His Epitaph 26

Painting of John Harrison 28

The Forestaff 1587 30

The Wounded Dog Theory: My Dog Responds 31

The Statue of Flavio Gioia 32

Bravo Ocean 33

Cow Falling, Again 35

Leap 36

South

Here Be Dragons 39

Navigating the Body 40

Terra Incognita 41

Triangulate 42

Deep Space 43

Catenary 44

Tied, Untied 45

Flotsam 48

Jetsam 49

Horse Latitudes 50

Equilibrate 52

Adrift 53

Existence Doubtful 54

Melancholia: Rima Dissolutas 56

She Speaks in Tongues 57

East

Lost 61

Landlocked 62

Dead Reckoning 63

The Coriolis Effect 64

She Dreams of Great Circle Sailing 65

Boxing the Compass 66

True North 67

Working on Deck 68

Eye Splice 70

Sailing by Ravens 71

Steering by Monarchs 73

Reckoning, Again 74

And the Universe Curved 76

All the Unseen Forces 78.

ISBN:

9781602232259

1602232253

OCLC:

853113554