Hybrids of plants and of ghosts / Jorie Graham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graham, Jorie, 1951-

Series:

Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets

Princeton series of contemporary poets

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Graham, Jorie, 1951-.

Graham, Jorie.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (80 pages)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1980.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"How I would like to catch the world / at pure idea," writes Jorie Graham, for whom a bird may be an alphabet, and flight an arc. Whatever the occasion--and her work offers a rich profusion of them--the poems reach to where possession is not within us, where new names are needed and meaning enlarged. Hence, what she sees reminds her of what is missing, and what she knows suggests what she cannot. From any event, she arcs bravely into the farthest reaches of mind. Fast readers will have trouble, but so what. To the good reader afraid of complexity, I would offer the clear trust that must bond us to such signal poems as (simply to cite three appearing in a row) "Mother's Sewing Box," "For My Father Looking for My Uncle," and "The Chicory Comes Out Late August in Umbria." Finally, the poet's words again: ". . . you get / just what you want" and (just before that), "Just as / from time to time / we need to seize again / the whole language / in search of / better desires."--Marvin Bell

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I

II

III

IV

NOTES ON THE POEMS

Notes:

Poems.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613315632

9781283315630

1283315637

9781400831449

140083144X

OCLC:

779826747