Even the dark / Leslie Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Leslie, 1967- author.

Series:

Crab Orchard award series in poetry

Crab Orchard series in poetry

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

pages cm.

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2019.

Summary:

"The poems in this collection grapple with suicide and mortal illness and attempt to hold helplessness and despair up to the light of faith"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Crewelwork p. 3

Elm p. 7

The Great Mirror p. 8

Thinking of God's Goodness While the Ten-Year-Old Neighbor Is Suffering p. 10

The Youngest Ocean p. 11

When Walking by Lilacs, a Burning Smell p. 12

So Many Days Are Beauties p. 13

Trammeled Gaze across the Street p. 14

Fox in the Yard p. 15

Latterly p. 17

Safe in the Ground p. 18

Don't Worry p. 19

Come Make Your Coracle p. 23

The Girl in Us p. 24

In Which the Bread Crumbs Were Eaten by Birds p. 25

The Forest p. 26

Sprigged Muslin of the Heartbreak Voice p. 28

Exile from the Kingdom of Ordinary Sight p. 30

Bread of Heaven p. 31

She Visits Me p. 33

Present p. 35

Taking Orders p. 37

Forgetful Green p. 38

Come Here Weather of Love and Let Me Look at You p. 39

Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God p. 40

Bluebird of Happiness® p. 41

Land-and-Sea p. 45

Bird Pushed Out of Nest on Top of the Garage p. 46

I Have Let Things Slip p. 47

Cortége p. 48

Brought in Safety to This New Day p. 49

Last Night's Air Kisses p. 50

Apostasy, Failed p. 51

Magpies in Aspens p. 52

In the Second Half of Life p. 53

Even the Gladioli p. 54

Furlough p. 55

When I Was Alone p. 56

The One Trumpet Lily Speaks p. 57

Dog Days p. 58

Prayer That Starts in the Eye of a Bird p. 59

Self-Portrait with American Crows p. 60.

ISBN:

9780809337491

0809337495

OCLC:

1078894079