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The bird in the stillness : forest devotionals / Joe Rosenblatt.
Van Pelt Library PR9199.3.R59 A6 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rosenblatt, Joe, 1933-2019, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Poems. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nature--Poetry.
- Nature.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 101 pages ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Forest devotionals
- Place of Publication:
- Erin, Ontario : The Porcupine's Quill, [2016]
- Summary:
- The Green Man's forest is full of spirits. From the loftiest cedar to the lowliest centipede, all life falls under the dominion and protection of the existential Me Who Is Verdant. Circumspect eyes track defiant interlopers while decaying tree stumps nurse saplings with maternal tenderness. Tree branches entwine sensuously, and leaves rustle like the intimate whispers of lovers. A bird in the stillness waits, talons sharp, preparing to make a kill. The Bird in the Silliness presents a forest in chiaroscuro-a delicate ecosystem held in tenuous balance by cycles of life and death, light and darkness, companionship and solitude. The poems provide a rich buffet of physical, spiritual and artistic nourishment for any pilgrim who cares to walk the woodland path ... and acknowledge simultaneously that his warranty on breathing may be nearing its expiry. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Mycelium Motels 13
- A Paris Kitchen 14
- A Naked Waving Hand 15
- Choristers 16
- They've Eaten All the Leaves 17
- The Gruesome Self 19
- A Noiseless Meal 20
- A Lullaby 21
- An Infant Mewl 22
- My Face 23
- Nibbled Digitals 26
- Osmosis 27
- An Invasive Alien 28
- Sharing His Prickly Crown of Thorns 29
- His Majesty Is Waiting at Mining for Bugs 30
- Motes of Night 33
- The Entrance 34
- His Majesty Is Afraid 35
- Gilding the Sadness 37
- Greener 38
- A Painted Lady 39
- The Motility of a Millipede 42
- If One Regenerates a Limb 43
- An Obesity of Gloom 44
- Growl 45
- Kisses 46
- The Loving Mom He Never Knew 47
- Outing Him 49
- Alabaster Moons 50
- A Mossy Gruel 51
- The Wild Man 52
- I Want 53
- Chipping Away 54
- A Toy 55
- Oblivion 58
- A Momma's Boy 59
- An Aviator's Waltz 60
- Viewing a Midday Lunch 61
- Betrayed 62
- His Meditation 63
- Famished 65
- The Markings of a Soul 66
- The Solitude 67
- My Indwelling 68
- Enter the Darkness 69
- Camouflage 70
- The Rapture 71
- Photosynthesis Motel 74
- A Lighter Shade of Green 75
- My Mug 76
- My Devotional 77
- Awakening 78
- My Thirsty Roots 79
- The Boat 81
- Angelic Wings 82
- Nature 83
- Sketching 84
- Hello, Mister Lonely 85
- Silence Is an Animal 86
- Congealing Spirits 87
- The Bird in the Stillness 90
- A Conversation between a Mountain and a Lake 91
- Old Age Is a Tree with Decaying Bark 94
- Shadows in the Woods 95
- Between This World and the Next 97
- Their Masterpieces 98
- What's on Tap? 101.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Laura Jan Meyerson Poetry Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780889843943
- 0889843945
- OCLC:
- 940235624
- Publisher Number:
- 99967968345
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