Crossing over : poems / Priscilla Long.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Long, Priscilla, author.

Series:

Mary Burritt Christiansen poetry series

Mary Burritt Christiansen Poetry Series

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

viii, 71 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2015.

Summary:

Long's work begs to be read aloud in order to savor the rich language and rhythm she instills in each poem. She explores the beauty of specific .bridges while employing them as a metaphor for crossings to death (a sister's suicide), eros, and art. Part elegy, the book also explores living, remembering, and celebrating. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Memory's Load

Sister Ghost 3

Queen of the Cut 4

Psalm to Stones 5

Elegy for Susanne 6

Memory's Load 7

History 8

Thief of Fire 9

My Old Flame 10

After Meditation 12

Body Poem 13

What Remains 14

2 Why the Fremont Bridge and the Aurora Bridge Don't Speak

Seasonal Affective Disorder 17

High Road Home 18

Traffic 19

We Hold These Truths 20

Why the Fremont Bridge and the Aurora Bridge Don't Speak 21

Pantoum for a Pontoon Bridge 22

Nile Valley Landslide 23

To My Country in Time of War 25

The Red Queen 26

PTSD Poem 27

Cliffs of Fall 28

Green River Blues 29

3 Susanne's Teapot

Hot Words 33

Another Poem for Irene 34

Send Word to Lorca 35

Reading the Book of the Dead 36

Susanne's Teapot 37

Visitations 38

Shadows and Dust 40

Mount Tahoma 41

Aubade 42

Kaddish for Susanne 43

4 The Gong Strikes Its Own Hour

Rhapsody 47

Love Poem 48

To Compose a Poem 49

Poet's Palette 50

The Poet Cleans Out Her Desk Drawer 51

Writer's Prophecy 52

Calder 53

Schuyler 54

Light at Aries 55

Dutch Interiors 56

What the I Ching Said 57

Beauty 58

Decomposition 59

Scavengers 61

Bridge Pose 62

God-Trails 63

Journey 64.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780826323965

0826323960

OCLC:

891941928