The hemophiliac's motorcycle : poems / by Tom Andrews.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Andrews, Tom, 1961-2001.

Series:

Iowa poetry prize.

Iowa poetry prize

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--20th century.

American poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (90 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this second wise and passionate book, Tom Andrews explores illness as a major theme, avoiding sentimentality without being merely confessional. He advances his considerable talent with great strength and forcefulness. The poems ae buoyant with humor and mindful of larger mysteries even as they investigate very personal issues. There is an urgency that is compelling; the work is immersed in the private grief of the speaker without excluding the reader. There is real and hard-won wisdom and intelligence in the poems, offering genuine surprises and delight; their attractive humility is not

Contents:

Contents; I; The Hemophiliac's Motorcycle; II; At Burt Lake; Ars Poetica; Praying with George Herbert in Late Winter; A Visit to the Cathedral; Reading Frank O'Hara in the Hospital; Reading the Tao Te Ching in the Hospital; When Comfort Arrives; Evening Song; III; Hymning the Kanawha; IV; Codeine Diary; Notes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

"Winner of the Iowa poetry prize"

ISBN:

9781587290091

158729009X

OCLC:

44959206