The river where you forgot my name : poems / by Corrie Williamson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williamson, Corrie, author.

Series:

Crab Orchard award series in poetry

Crab Orchard series in poetry : open competition award

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

viii, 80 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Crab Orchard Review & Southern Illinois University Press, [2019]

Summary:

"The poems in this collection reflect on American progress; technology, exploration, and environment; and the ever-changing landscape at the intersection of wilderness and civilization"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

I Montana

52 Hertz p. 5

The Pleasuring Ground, or This Week in Animal News p. 6

Gates of the Mountains p. 7

The Valley of a Thousand Haystacks p. 9

At the Farmers Union's Women's Conference ... p. 10

Butte Tango p. 12

Vultures: Collective Noun p. 13

Hiking to Goldbug Hot Springs, I Consider... p. 14

Bread Alone p. 15

Double Ekphrastic: Charles Willson Peale's... p. 16

II Virginia, 1804-1808

Chestnut Sabbath p. 21

Waiting to Ride p. 22

Science Lesson p. 23

Bringing Home the Bull p. 24

Completion of the Jackson Ferry Shot Tower p. 25

Field Clearing, after the Wedding p. 26

Hawk Moth p. 27

III Montana

Mastodon p. 31

April & the Iron-Eaters p. 32

Love Song of the Barred Owl p. 33

Ode to the Come-Along p. 34

Know You from Adam p. 36

Endless Forms Most Beautiful p. 37

In the Divorce, Patricia Got the Mammoth Bone p. 38

Mantis p. 39

Strange Things the Animals Do p. 40

Winter in Montana: Lewis's List p. 41

IV Saint Louis, Missouri, 1808-1818

A Tour of the Elm Street Office of the Missouri Gazette ... p. 45

On the Death of Meriwether Lewis p. 47

The River Where You Forgot My Name p. 48

Unrest: Addressing the Great Comet p. 49

Leap Year & the New Madrid Earthquakes p. 50

Lullaby for Jean Baptiste p. 51

Hymn to Distance p. 52

The Coming of the Zebulon M. Pike... p. 53

Teaching Meriwether the Piano p. 54

Dead Reckoning p. 55

On the Cancer p. 56

V Montana

Still Life with Copper Creek & the Unabomber p. 59

Anti-Ars Poetica p. 61

Arrow Marks Spot Where His Dash to a Terrible Ending Occurred p. 62

This Is Your Love Poem, Al p. 63

A Bird in the Hand p. 64

Tracing It: On the Death of Meriwether Lewis p. 65

Hatch p. 66

Maybe I Should Eat That p. 67

The Air Gun & the Stuffed Pony p. 68.

ISBN:

9780809337477

0809337479

OCLC:

1078886361