Toward the winter solstice : new poems / Timothy Steele.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steele, Timothy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Steele, Timothy--Poetry.

Steele, Timothy.

American poetry--21st century.

American poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (69 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : Swallow Press/Ohio University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the appearance of Timothy Steele's first collection of poems in1979, growing numbers of readers and critics have recognized him asone of the best and most significant poets of his generation. Widelycredited with anticipating and encouraging the revival of poetry intraditional form, Steele has produced a body of work praised for itstechnical accomplishment, its intellectual breadth, and its emotionalenergy. Toward the Winter Solstice, Steele's first collection of newpoems in twelve years, features his characteristic grace, wit, andpower, while extending his range. In addition to the relatively shortlyrical, descriptive, and contemplative poems he has always written sowell, this collection offers several middle-length pieces that read almostlike compressed novels.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Part I

Toward the Winter Solstice

Snow

Champlain Evening

Yellow Birches

Sepulveda Basin Mallards

Didelphis Virginiana

Anima

The Swing

Herb Garden

April 27, 1937

Siglo de Oro

Jardin des Tuileries

In the Memphis Airport

In the Italian Alps

Fountain in the City

Freudian Analysis

Joanna, Wading

Daybreak, Benedict Canyon

Part II

Gym Nights

Ethel Taylor

Vermont Transit

Henry and Elvis

A Muse

Faustina

Sad Epigrams

At the Chautauqua Channel

In a Eucalyptus Grove

Black Phoebe

The Middle Years

For Victoria, Traveling in Europe

Swimming in Winter

August

The Sweet Peas

The Faithful Widower

Starr Farm Beach.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-8040-4024-9

OCLC:

191952835