The unfastening / by Wesley McNair.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McNair, Wesley, author.

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Physical Description:

pages

Place of Publication:

Jaffrey, New Hampshire : David R. Godine, 2017.

Summary:

In a dark time, Unfastened by loss and despair, how does one find one's way back to the world again? This difficult question underlines the personal experiences and stories of Wesley McNair's ninth collection, poems of sorrow, and hope, and joy. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The Unfastening

The Button 11

My Mother's Penmanship Lessons 12

Nursing Home Haikus 13

The Afterlife 15

When They Lay Down 17

I Praise My Mother, the House Lover, at Last 18

Clem's Stroke 20

The Unfastening 22

2 The Master of Loss

The Fun of Running Back and Forth 25

My Brother's Paper Route 26

Delight 28

The Human Creature 30

Is It Begging-This? 32

Russell in the Road 33

The Rhubarb Route 34

This Poem 35

Kay 37

The Master of Loss 39

3 The Longing To See

My Stepfather's Cars 45

Old Poets 46

Stephen Ash's Invitation 49

My Mother's Harvest Centerpiece 51

The Longing To See 53

The Poem 54

4 Maintaining

Losses 59

Imperfection 61

Love 63

What I Remember 66

Getting Lost 67

The Revolution 69

Maintaining 71

Telephone Poles 75

The Birthday Party 77

Praise Song 79

Benediction 80.

ISBN:

9781567925999

1567925995

OCLC:

965922274