Dear October : poems / Mary Morris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morris, Mary, 1953- author.

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections (Dear October)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mothers and daughters--Poetry.

Mothers and daughters.

Terminally ill parents.

New Mexico.

Terminally ill parents--Poetry.

New Mexico--Poetry.

Genre:

Poetry.

Autobiographical poetry.

Physical Description:

x, 62 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Huntsville, Texas : Texas Review Press, [2020]

Summary:

"The poems of Dear October chronicle the evolution between the natural world and a daughter caring for her mother during the last year of her life. The spirit of home, family, and mother-daughter relationship intertwine with the diversity of culture and ecology in northern New Mexico"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Late November

My mother arranges the manger

Her mouth

Dear December

Second visit from hospice

Toulouse-Lautrec, a café in Paris

Dear January

Deduction

Dear February

The place where it escapes

Maternal

I try to get out of the way so the soul may draw near

Hymn no. 34, Do not resuscitate

He says March

Cherry blossom festival

Heritage

Song

Autobiographia religioso

Dear April

Easter

Birth

Matias

Dear May, first hummingbird

Weather alert

Cutting my mother's hair

Tempest

Dear June, summer solstice

Nuevo México

Crone

Namesake

Moving to Santa Fe

Dear July

Living at 7,000 feet

Sovereign

Her second call for sacrament of the sick

Dear August

The book I am writing

Invitation to my house

Coyote

The enemy becomes more dangerous

Rumors

Dear September

Desire

In a book called Sisters

When the night is still damp with dreams

Heaven

Black mesa

The art of dying

I called the birds Scissors

Dear October.

Other Format:

Online version: Morris, Mary, 1953- Dear October.

ISBN:

9781680032222

1680032224

OCLC:

1142003341

Publisher Number:

99985375151