The clearing : poems / by Allison Adair.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adair, Allison, author.

Language:

English

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

80 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minnesota : Milkweed Editions, 2020.

Summary:

"The Clearing is the debut collection of poems from the winner of the 2019 Max Ritvo Poetry Prize, Allison Adair"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

I

After the Police Have Been Called p. 5

Letter to My Niece, in Silverton, Colorado p. 6

As for the Glossy Green Tractor You Were p. 7

Miscarriage p. 8

Week Six of the Fire p. 9

Self-Portrait as Cenotaph p. 10

Hitching p. 11

Debt p. 12

First Plow at Red Mountain Pass p. 13

Herr's Ridge, 1983: A Reenactment p. 15

Fine Arts p. 16

Angelus p. 17

Silverton p. 18

What We Should Really Be Afraid Of p. 19

II

Fable p. 25

Ways to Describe a Death Inside Your Own Living Body p. 26

Mother of 2 Stabbed to Death in Silverton p. 28

Local Music p. 29

Gettysburg p. 31

Advice for the New Mother p. 32

Crown Cinquain for the Tattooed Man I Refused p. 33

He Waited for Days p. 34

As I Near Forty I Think of You Then p. 35

When Horses Turn Down the Road p. 36

Letter to My Foundling: #235, Boy p. 37

Memento Mori: Bell Jar with Suspended Child p. 38

III

Western Slope p. 47

Whale Fall p. 48

If Imagination and Memory Met Unexpectedly, One Last Time p. 51

Morning Tea p. 52

Mine Fire at Centralia p. 53

Stopping Over the Arno p. 54

City Life p. 55

Flight Theory p. 57

What Falls Behind p. 58

No Response p. 59

Recurring Dream p. 60

Crown Cinquain for a Lost Child, Eight Years Later p. 61

At the Park One Day, My Six-Year-Old Asks If Me Mermaids Are Real p. 62

As If the World Might Hold Another p. 63

Local History p. 65

River Bone p. 66

Honey p. 67

Disaster at Gold King Mine p. 69

The Big Thinkers p. 70

RD 8 Box 16A (Rural Route) p. 72

Bear Fight in Rockaway p. 74.

Notes:

"Max Ritvo prize for poetry" -- title page.

Other Format:

Online version: Adair, Allison. The clearing.

ISBN:

9781571315144

1571315144

OCLC:

1127858840