Improvisation without accompaniment / poems by Matt Morton ; foreword by Patricia Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morton, Matt, 1987- author.

Contributor:

Smith, Patricia, 1955- writer of foreword.

Series:

A. Poulin, Jr. new poets of America series ; v. 44.

A. Poulin, Jr. new poets of America series ; no. 44

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Small cities--Texas--Poetry.

Small cities.

Texas.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

84 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Rochester, NY : BOA Editions, Ltd., 2020.

Summary:

"Set in the backdrop of rural Texas, Matt Morton's debut poetry collection reaches for existential meaning within life's joys and griefs"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1

Improvisation Without Accompaniment p. 17

The Good Life p. 18

Windfall p. 20

Not the Wind, Not the View p. 21

Wavelength p. 22

Pinwheel Floating on Water p. 23

Improvisation Containing Trace Elements p. 24

And the Mountains Grew Sirens p. 26

Viewfinder p. 29

2

Self-Portrait as Oswald's Ghost Addressing the Warren Commission p. 33

Fever Dream p. 35

Improvisation After Keats p. 36

All Honeycombed, the Ground p. 37

Quebec City p. 38

Pale Annual p. 39

Wintering p. 40

Telltale p. 41

Vardaman p. 43

Improvisation in an Alpine Field p. 45

3

Elegy for My Brother in the Wilderness p. 49

4

Spring Bulletin p. 61

The View from Here p. 63

Improvisation with Scenes from the Pageant p. 65

City at Night p. 66

Landscape p. 67

The Idea p. 68

Improvisation Ending in Jamais Vu p. 69

The Expedition p. 71

Improvisation on Federal Hill p. 73

Dialectic p. 75

Loomings No Longer p. 77.

Notes:

A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize, 2018

Other Format:

Online version: Morton, Matt, 1987- Improvisation without accompaniment

ISBN:

9781942683957

1942683952

9781950774104

1950774104

OCLC:

1117557498