Control bird alt delete. / by Alexandria Peary.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peary, Alexandria, 1970- author.

Series:

Iowa Poetry Prize

Winner of the Iowa Poetry Prize

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--21st century.

American poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (98 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City, Iowa : University Of Iowa Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"'Go play!' advises Peary in her third collection, and we do, with 'a tassel of rain,' with 'dove-colored sounds' and 'starter castles.' The topos is New England archaeology; it's Colorforms and Legos; Charley Harper landscapes become interiors; we are delighted to already find ourselves where we couldn't possibly get to."-Caroline Knox, author, Flemish: Poems In Control Bird Alt Delete, the reader is invited to explore strange landscapes: some based on the ruins of New England and others following the architectural prints of the unconscious. The reader walks through

Contents:

Contents; Part 1; Part 2; Fridge; Like That; Deconstructing New England; Oh, Massachusetts; Lilacs as Chart; Lilacs; A Decal of Lilacs; After the Flute Lesson, a Unicorn Rainbow Sticker Walking into the Birch Forest; Bath Toys Sit in the Description; The Lottery of Winged Leaves; Bird Saver; Surveillance meteor; Exquisite Corpse; Come On, Over Here; A Dream Splashed with Ropes; A Dream Splashed with Ropes (2); Go-Cart Inside a Fingerprint; Incidence of Meditation Hallucinogenous with Site-Specific Factors Involved in Reversible Day 1; "In hallways made of dashes"; The Ceiling; Song-Maze

A Lake in the HandBird Finder; Bird Pattern; Bird Game; Composition Blue No. 2 (2012); Brite Motes; A Strip of Woods at the Back of the Mind; Klee Carpets; Outsider Art; Lawn Ornaments, Robins, Ode to Clocks; Bird Insert; Winter Wonder World; Flora to Fauna; The Coil; Price; Tassel; Hallucinogenous Bullfighter, 1970; The Page-Dream; Ingredients; The Neighbors; Gift Basket; Spring Version; Bob's Keys to the Kingdom; Into the Diurnal Proofing Oven; Q & A; Yard Sale; Notes; Acknowledgments

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781609382551

1609382552

OCLC:

871780770