The mouth of earth : poems / Sarah P. Strong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strong, Sarah Pemberton, 1967- author.

Language:

English

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

63 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Reno ; Las Vegas : University of Nevada Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Poems in The Mouth of Earth contemplate how we might live wisely in the midst of a planetary change we barely comprehend. The book is a contribution to 21st century environmental literature, and a survival guide to the planet and one another in the age of climate crisis"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: I. Fire Burns Grass

Mobile

Border

On the Boad to California

Phone Call After a Fire

Stalin

Turning On the Lights

Study Guide

Notes from Detroit

Diner

Deus ex Machina

Poolside

The Apollos

At the End of Brooklyn

A Story

II. Dust

Buffalo Grass

Hattie demons, farmer

Virgil T. Payne, veteran and farmer

Eliza Barnett, farmer

Eugene Samples, pastor

Margaret Tsosie, shepherd

Art MacAdams, fisherman

Lula Bowen, housewife and Sunday school teacher

Joe Martin, bartender

Earl Owens, sharecropper

Jesse Prather, farmer

Azzie Morton, sixth grader

Jennifer Smith-Ewing, museum curator

III. Graveside

When My Daughter Builds with Blocks

Such Fertile Land

1. Janelle Stevens, home health aide, Oklahoma

2. Consuelo Ramos Garza, farmworker, California

3. In an arroyo, western Nevada

A Word from Our Baindrop

Pastoral at the March

On Not Listening

As the Days Turn Shorter

The Winter We Lost Antarctica

With the Floor Swept

Footnote

The Map

Sunflowers

At Midnight

After This, Earth

Anthropocene Birthday.

Other Format:

Online version: Strong, Sarah Pemberton, 1967- Mouth of earth

ISBN:

9781948908849

1948908840

OCLC:

1154118886