Rivers applaud forever / Raymond Filip.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Filip, Raymond, author.

Contributor:

Class of 1932 Fund.

Series:

Essential poets ; 258.

Essential poets series ; 258

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Genre:

Autobiographical poetry.

Spoken word poetry.

Physical Description:

134 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo : Guernica Editions, 2019.

Summary:

"In Rivers Applaud Forever, Raymond Filip, the craftsman and musician, showcases his spoken-word texts that perform on a silent page, as well as his "say then play" recitals on stage. This collection features free verse and end rhymes; satire and nature studies; a concrete poem and a prose proem; a linked sequence of narratives, and a long bird call to the uncaptured. Filip's peace process comes to terms with his birth and disfigurement in a displaced persons camp after World War II; the unspeakable abuses of growing up with domestic violence and a broken home in the riverside slums of Verdun and Point St. Charles; his clandestine participation in the resistance movement that led to Lithuanian independence; the ups and downs of a mixed marriage to a Filipina; his battle with cancer; the journey of faith and global identity; and the joys of defying his age through his first love: sports. Pick up this book, and this book will pick you up."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A Waterfall Sings, Not Cries

Rivers Applaud Forever p. 13

Kateri Tekakwitha p. 15

Black Crosses p. 17

Mourning Doves in Autumn p. 20

Autumn Taught Him p. 21

Breath, Bequeathed p. 22

A Moon for Venus p. 24

Surfer's Eye p. 25

Waiting for Fireflies p. 27

Space Tourist p. 30

When the Skies Open Up p. 32

Stages of Sleep p. 33

Streets That Follow You

Dirt Path. DP Camp p. 37

Holy Cross Street p. 39

Atwater Tunnel p. 40

McGili College Avenue p. 44

The Baltic Way p. 46

Bourbon Street p. 48

Interior Road, Tawid District, Poblacion Barrio p. 51

Rue d'Amour p. 54

Chemin du Golf p. 56

The Rainbow Below the Water Cannon

Myoelectric Michelangelo Hands p. 61

The Wreath of Cyclical Violence p. 64

Horses Are Pacifists p. 65

Finger Pointing p. 67

Rumble Strips p. 68

I Don't Talk to Machines p. 70

Say Something to the Camera p. 72

Sahar From Afar p. 74

Hoejabi p. 75

The Confirmed Living p. 76

Pocketful of Picks

Guitar Introduction p. 83

This Guitar Doesn't Scream p. 84

Pedal Steel Soliloquy p. 86

Phantom Ohm p. 88

Hearing Voices p. 89

The Oscar Peterson Line p. 90

Dead But Still Ahead p. 92

Distingué Traces p. 93

Thelonious on the House p. 94

Shake Rag p. 95

The Blues Queue p. 96

A Mighty Fortress Is Our Bach p. 98

Bees and Halos p. 99

Melody and Lunacy p. 100

Pure and Applied p. 101

Dragon Fruit p. 102

This Putt Reads Poetry p. 103

Resistance Training p. 104

First Licence p. 105

Stray Birds for Unwanted Children in a Lost World

Hermit Thrush, Hear This p. 109.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

ISBN:

9781771833608

1771833602

OCLC:

1056197954