Ledger : poems / Jane Hirshfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hirshfield, Jane, 1953- author.

Contributor:

Laura Jan Meyerson Poetry Fund.

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Physical Description:

pages cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.

Contents:

The Bowl p. 7

I wanted to be surprised p. 8

Vest p. 10

An Archaeology p. 12

Fecit p. 13

Day Beginning with Seeing the International Space Station and a Full Moon over the Gulf of Mexico and All Its Invisible Fishes p. 14

As If Hearing Heavy Furniture Moved on the Floor Above Us p. 15

Ants' Nest p. 17

A Bucket Forgets Its Water p. 18

You Go to Sleep in One Room and Wake in Another p. 21

Chance darkened me p. 22

Today, Another Universe p. 25

The Orphan Beauty of Fold Not Made Blindfold p. 26

Now a Darkness Is Coming p. 29

Words p. 30

Horns p. 31

She Breathes in the Scent p. 32

A Folding Screen p. 33

Cataclysm p. 35

Paint p. 36

Heels p. 37

Cold, Clear p. 38

Capital: An Assay p. 39

Falcon p. 41

Spell to Be Said Against Hatred p. 42

Advice to Myself p. 45

Notebook p. 46

In Ulvik p. 47

O Snail p. 48

Branch p. 49

Without Night-Shoes p. 50

The Bird Net p. 51

Corals, Coho, Coelenterates p. 52

To My Fifties p. 53

Brocade p. 54

Interruption: An Assay p. 55

My Doubt p. 57

My Contentment p. 59

My Hunger p. 60

My Longing p. 61

My Dignity p. 62

My Glasses p. 64

My Wonder p. 65

My Silence p. 66

A Ream of Paper p. 69

Lure p. 70

A Moment Knows Itself Penultimate p. 71

Bluefish p. 73

Almond, Rabbit p. 74

The Paw-Paw p. 75

Musa Paradisiaca p. 76

It Was as if a Ladder p. 77

Like Others p. 79

Husband p. 80

Wild Turkeys p. 81

Nine Pebbles p. 82

Without Blinking p. 82

Like That Other-Hand Music p. 82

Retrospective p. 82

Library Book with Many Precisely Turned-Down Corners p. 83

Now Even More p. 83

Haiku: Monadnock p. 83

A Strategy p. 84

Sixth Extinction p. 84

Obstacle p. 84

They Have Decided p. 85

Things Seem Strong p. 86

Dog Tag p. 87

Biophilia p. 88

Amor Fati p. 91

Snow p. 92

Kitchen p. 93

Harness p. 94

Rust Flakes on Wind p. 95

Pelt p. 96

Wood. Salt. Tin p. 97

I Said p. 98

Ledger p. 101

In a Former Coal Mine in Silesia p. 102

Engraving: World-Tree with an Empty Beehive on One Branch p. 103

(No Wind, No Rain) p. 104

On the Fifth Day p. 105

Page p. 107

My Confession p. 109

Ghazal for the End of Time p. 110

Mountainal p. 111

My Debt p. 112.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Laura Jan Meyerson Poetry Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Hirshfield, Jane, 1953- Ledger

ISBN:

9780525657804

0525657800

OCLC:

1104222012

Publisher Number:

99983767645