Out of the depths : poetry of poverty-courage and resilience / edited by Susan Deborah King.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

King, Susan Deborah, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty--Poetry.

Poverty.

American poetry--21st century.

American poetry.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

xv, 193 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Duluth, Minnesota : Holy Cow! Press, 2015.

Summary:

"The Poverty Initiative, which is housed at Union Theological Seminary, brings together grassroots community and religious leaders with the mission to build a broad social movement to end poverty, led by the poor. Having identified poverty and inequality as the defining issue of out time, our work has focused on strengthening a national network of low-income, community, and religious leaders through collaborative learning, mutual support, reflection on historical and contemporary organizing, and strategic leadership"--Introduction.

Contents:

"The Office" / Colleen Wessel-McCoy Wessel-McCoy, Colleen xv

"The Maidservant" / Imali Abah Abah, Imali 1

"Southern Summers" / Faye Adams Adams, Faye 3

"Unbonded" / Oneleilove Alston Alston, Oneleilove 5

"Spic" / Julia Alvarez Alvarez, Julia 6

"Poor House" / Elvis Alves Alves, Elvis 8

"Rich" / Bobbi Arduni Arduni, Bobbi 9

"Flying in Suburbia" / Cynthia Aretz Aretz, Cynthia 11

"How It Was, 1935" / Peggy Aylesworth Aylesworth, Peggy 12

"Dad" / J. Reed Banks Banks, J. Reed 14

"The New Dawn Hotel (Life in the Shelter System)" / Melissa Barber Barber, Melissa 15

"Hard Times" / Glenda Barrett Barrett, Glenda 17

"That Kind of Poor" / Allie Marini Batts Batts, Allie Marini 18

"Delammated" / Starr Cummin Bright Bright, Starr Cummin 20

"Ursus Horribilis" / Polly Brody Brody, Polly 21

"Song" / Ashley Bryan Bryan, Ashley 22

"Becoming" / Deborah Byrne Byrne, Deborah 23

"The Wishing Well" / Lydia Caros Caros, Lydia 24

"Facing the Mountain" / Deborah Brody Chen Chen, Deborah Brody 26

"Washing My Face" / Sharon Chmielarz Chmielarz, Sharon 29

"Global Inequalities" / Jayne Cortez Cortez, Jayne 30

"Under the Big Top" / Mary Cowette Cowette, Mary 32

"No New Music" / Stanley Crouch Crouch, Stanley 33

"Factory Lives" / Brian Daldorph Daldorph, Brian 35

"Bench Seats" / Unglebah Daniel-Davis Daniel-Davis, Unglebah 36

"We Digress" / Ann Marie Davis Davis, Ann Marie 38

"Picnic" / Margo Davis Davis, Margo 43

"Broke" / Mary Krane Derr Derr, Mary Krane 45

"She Was the Kind" / Heid Erdrich Erdrich, Heid 46

"My Cockroach Lover" / Martin Espada Espada, Martin 48

"Poverty at Sixty" / Mike Essig Essig, Mike 49

"Untitled" / Amendu Evans Evans, Amendu 51

"Dante's Inferno, 1961" / Patricia Fargnoli Fargnoli, Patricia 52

"Unknown Cosmology" / Ann Filemyr Filemyr, Ann 54

"Mining Coal" / Deborah Finklestein Finklestein, Deborah 56

"Flint, Michigan, 1955" / Patricia Frisella Frisella, Patricia 57

"A Photo of Miners (U.S.A. 1908)" / Brendan Galvin Galvin, Brendan 59

"Faces" / Michael Glaser Glaser, Michael 61

"Outside a Bar in Sioux Lookout" / David Groulx Groulx, David 62

"Time Machine, 1942" / Meri Harary Harary, Meri 63

"I'm From" / Markita Hawkins Hawkins, Markita 65

"Dream of Rebirth" / Roberta Hill Hill, Roberta 66

"Grieving Grandfather" / Tanya Hough Hough, Tanya 67

"Food Drive" / Scott Hutchison Hutchison, Scott 70

"Karachi's Centripetal Force" / Zehra Imam Imam, Zehra 71

"From Dovetailed Corners" / Jim Johnson Johnson, Jim 72

"On Reading The Rocking Horse Winner" / Lisa Kang Kang, Lisa 73

"Uncle Dolan Spoke on Timbering in East Tennessee" / Kathryn Kerr Kerr, Kathryn 75

"After Achieving the American Dream" / Susan Deborah King King, Susan Deborah 76

"My Choice, Not to Ignore the Poor's Voice" / Jonathan Langley Langley, Jonathan 78

"Wetback" / Luis Larin Larin, Luis 82

"Dragon Flame Tattoo" / James Lenfestey Lenfestey, James 83

"A Dozen Reasons to Give Up Haggling for the Price of Weavings" / Roseann Lloyd Lloyd, Roseann 84

"Looking at a Photograph of My Mother, Age 3" / George Ella Lyon Lyon, George Ella 85

"1/" / Chosen Lyric Lyric, Chosen 87

"Pastor Visits Parishioner" / Marsha Matthews Matthews, Marsha 88

"A Little Bit of Timely Advice" / Mekeel McBride McBride, Mekeel 90

"Deluge" / Ann McCrady McCrady, Ann 91

"Tuesday at the Outreach Office" / Ethna McKiernan McKiernan, Ethna 92

"After My Stepfather's Death" / Wesley McNair McNair, Wesley 94

"Mother and Child" / Stephen Mead Mead, Stephen 95

"Polenta" / Marsha Mentzer Mentzer, Marsha 97

"Dedicated to the Countless South Africans Who Gave Their Lives for Freedom and Democracy" / Afzal Moola Moola, Afzal 98

"Depression Generation" / Sharon Lack Munson Munson, Sharon Lack 99

"They're Coming to Take Us Away" / Sharon Nelms Nelms, Sharon 101

"Washboard Wizard, Highland, Kansas, 1888" / Marilyn Nelson Nelson, Marilyn 102

"Head Start Kids" / Kara Newhouse Newhouse, Kara 103

"Why Shouldn't She" / Grace Nichols Nichols, Grace 104

"Real Estate" / Naomi Shihab Nye Nye, Naomi Shihab 105

"Entitlements" / Molly O'Dell O'Dell, Molly 106

"The Beloved Is Dead" / Gregory Orr Orr, Gregory 107

"Posture" / Maureen Owen Owen, Maureen 108

"Don't Close Larry's" / Carl Palmer Palmer, Carl 109

"The Hyperbolist Speaks" / Pit Menousek Pinegar Pinegar, Pit Menousek 111

"To Hope" / Martha Postlethwaite Postlethwaite, Martha 115

"The Unchosen" / David Radavich Radavich, David 116

"Blood: Whose and How Much" / Carlos Reyes Reyes, Carlos 118

"My Vision Has Rhythm" / Lola Rodriguez Rodriguez, Lola 119

"Justification of the Horned Lizard" / Pattiann Rogers Rogers, Pattiann 121

"Free Wheeling through Meffa" / Abigail Rome Rome, Abigail 123

"Adventure" / Helen Klein Ross Ross, Helen Klein 124

"My Name" / Rose Schwab Schwab, Rose 125

"Brother Sighting" / Karen Seay Seay, Karen 126

"The Snow Cave Woman" / Anne E. Seltz Seltz, Anne E. 127

"'Escape' Artist" / Gene Severson Severson, Gene 128

"Pink Slip" / Betsy Sholl Sholl, Betsy 129

"Slum Boy on Glue" / Michael Shorb Shorb, Michael 131

"First of the Month Kool-Aid" / Marty Silverthorne Silverthorne, Marty 133

"Bountiful" / Claudia Solotaroff Solotaroff, Claudia 135

"Bar" / Aaron Stauffer Stauffer, Aaron 137

"What a Wake-Up Call" / Madreen Stevens Stevens, Madreen 138

"Ballad" / Tony Stoneburner Stoneburner, Tony 140

"Trouble, Fly" / Susan Marie Swanson Swanson, Susan Marie 143

"Ten Gallons of Tough" / Tiffany Tate Tate, Tiffany 144

"The War is Over" / John Thiemeyer Thiemeyer, John 145

"Scribe" / Kim Tran Tran, Kim 147

"Self-Employment, 1970" / Natasha Trethewey Trethewey, Natasha 148

"Street Wise" / Conne Walle Walle, Conne 149

"Gone" / Beverly Welsh Welsh, Beverly 150

"Lakeview Lounge" / John Wessel-McCoy Wessel-McCoy, John 151

"Little Tree" / Daniel Williams Williams, Daniel 153

"Witness" / Tony Voss Williams Williams, Tony Voss 155

"Desert Cenote" / Keith Wilson Wilson, Keith 158

"Namesake" / Laura Madeline Wiseman Wiseman, Laura Madeline 159

"Spokane Reservation School Teacher: Wellpinit, Washington" / Carolyne Wright Wright, Carolyne 160

"Jairus's Daughter" / Pam Wynn Wynn, Pam 161

"Hindu Prayer" / Anu Yadov Yadov, Anu 161

"Painting Angels" / Jane Yolen Yolen, Jane 166

"The Escape Artist" / Kevin Young Young, Kevin 167

"What Helps" a group poem by the / Wendell E. Patrick Fun(k)ology Hour Hour, Wendell E. Patrick Fun(k)ology 169.

ISBN:

9780985981877

0985981873

OCLC:

890180232