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Blessing the House.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Daniels, Jim
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
American poetry--20th century.
American poetry.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Place of Publication:
Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997.
Summary:
"In his fourth book of poems, Jim Daniels visits the sites of domestic faith--Catholic schools, sex and marriage, childbirth--in an attempt to witness a world worth believing in. A sense of search unites these poems, whether they take place on the cement slabs of a 1950s Detroit suburb or on the hillside cemetary of an Italian village. In their search for hope, grace, and decency in the small dramas of an individual life, the poems of Blessing the House become larger, more overtly political. They are, as Daniels writes, 'prayers for this world, with their clear consequence'"--Back cover.
Contents:
Blessing the House
Faith
God's Stopwatch
I Slept with the Singing Nun
Spy Club
Blue Donuts
Birch Bark
Dust Mop
My Mother's See-Through Blouse
Spring Sap
Polish-American Night, Tiger Stadium
Sin Sandwich
"Dear ..."
How
What I Did
March
The Hoagie Scam
Night Light
Day of the Two Bodies
Running
Three Bridges, Pittsburgh
The day after
Hold-up at the Uni-Mart, 98 Degrees
Where else can you go
Hunger
Skull and Crossbones
Coming Home from the Hospital After My Son's Birth
The Stigmata
Spell
Sleeping on Trains, Sleeping on Boats
A Day of Sainthood
Silk
Poison, Torre Gentile
Fennel
Cemetery, Torre Gentile
The Sleeper Hold
Banking the Fire
Faith.
Notes:
Preliminaries and editorial matter omitted.

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