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Where she always was : poems / by Frannie Lindsay.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lindsay, Frannie.
- Series:
- May Swenson Poetry Award series.
- May Swenson Poetry Award series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American poetry--21st century.
- American poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (61 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Logan : Utah State University Press, c2004.
- Logan Utah State University Press, [2008]
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- In his foreword, J.D. McClatchy speaks of the musical qualities of Lindsay's work: ""It is impossible, reading her poems, not to hear a musical hand at work. This is not just a matter of delicacy or virtuosity. It is also a matter of knowing how to phrase a line... Lindsay moves from detail to trope with utter poise, with an intuitive sense of what to sustain or emphasize. Her language is crisp. I can pick a stanza at random... and praise its plosive energy, its modulated vowels, its variety and elan... Where She Always Was allows us . . . the rare gratification of watching a poet-
- Contents:
- Intro
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- FOREWORD
- PART ONE
- GATHERING HIM IN
- RAIN TURNING TO SNOW
- FERAL KITTENS
- MISSING
- FOR NADJA
- GRADUAL CLEARING
- LADYBUG
- TAKING OFF MY CROSS
- KISS, AFTERWARD
- DOG, NAPPING
- HAPPINESS
- MAGNOLIA
- RAPUNZEL DESCENDING
- PART TWO
- RESPECTS
- MOTHER'S GOLDFISH
- I LIKED MY MOTHER BEST
- BAD DOG MAN
- UNDERNEATH
- SATURDAY MORNINGS, 1954
- BY THE LAKE
- REMEMBERING STARS
- SQUARE DANCE, 1956
- CELLO LESSONS
- THE CORRECTION
- MIDAS ALONE
- VIGIL
- CHAGALL' S FLOATING WOMAN
- PERSONAL EFFECTS
- UNAFRAID
- MOTHER
- URN
- PART THREE
- COLD FRONT
- MIDAS's DAUGHTER AT FIFTY
- AGING NUDE
- LINES ON A WINDOW
- CINDERELLA AT WORK
- THAW
- ANTIPHON
- LIGHTERS AND KNIVES
- THE CLOTHESLINE PROJECT
- WHITE SHIRT
- EVE IN EXILE
- NOWHERE NEAR BETHLEHEM
- MAGDALENE BATHING
- SHOULD THIS BECOME ORDINARY
- OLD DOG
- REMAINS
- SILENT NIGHT
- BLESSING AT THE END OF TIME
- PYRE
- WHERE SHE ALWAYS WAS
- BENEDICTION
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- THE MAY SWENSON POETRY AWARD.
- Notes:
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786613267184
- 9781283267182
- 1283267187
- 9780874214987
- 087421498X
- OCLC:
- 476040088
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