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Wise poison : poems / David Rivard.
LIBRA - Special PS3568.I8285 W57 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rivard, David, 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Self--Poetry.
- Self.
- Identity (Psychology)--Poetry.
- Identity (Psychology).
- Introspection--Poetry.
- Introspection.
- Conscience, Examination of--Poetry.
- Conscience, Examination of.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 69 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Saint Paul, Minn. : Graywolf Press, [1996]
- Summary:
- In "Wise Poison" David Rivard gives us a mind hard at work on the most vital questions: Who am I? What do I love? What can be trusted? At issue in these passionate arguments with the self are the "curious forces" that surround us in every part of our lives. In an airport lounge in the Yucatá n, in the song of a street musician, or simply in the pulsing of skin along the neck, Rivard finds connections and doubt, and reason for both comfort and rage.
- Contents:
- Camus
- Emergency Exit
- Welcome, Fear
- Self-Portrait
- I Am a Pilgrim & a Stranger
- Any Where Out of the World
- What Kind of Times?
- Curious Forces
- The Debt
- Summons
- Against Gravity
- Hush & Taunt
- Shy
- Document Processing
- The Pastoral Zone
- Version Tucson
- It Could Be
- Baby Vallejo
- Mercy, Mercy
- Change My Evil Ways
- Little Wing
- Big Mood Swing
- God the Broken Lock
- Earth to Tell of the Beasts
- Against Recovery
- C'e Un'altra Possibilita
- Thin Bone & Striped Feathers
- Pilgrim Lake/John Logan
- Jihad
- Fado
- And Continuing
- Later History.
- Notes:
- "Winner of the 1996 James Laughlin Award of the Academy of American Poets"--Cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 69).
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Rivard, David, 1953- Wise poison.
- ISBN:
- 1555972470
- 9781555972479
- 1555972519
- 9781555972516
- OCLC:
- 35793151
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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