Talking to shadows : poems / Ron Houchin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Houchin, Ron, author.

Series:

Southern messenger poets

Language:

English

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

viii, 54 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

LSU Press paperback original [edition].

Place of Publication:

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Wolves howl in the hollow of night, cats yowl from crags and forests, but people describe sunsets, address their dead, pray to what they feel may lie beyond the stars, and perhaps even take note of a mysterious figure recurring in an alley. In "Talking to Shadows," his ninth collection of poems, Ron Houchin replies with sensitivity and wit to things seen or sensed, offering a celebration of sights, sounds, and objects that elicit responses through the phenomena of their being. Whether evoking the presage of a coming ice age, a photo of an unknown ancestor in a family album, or the presence of nature during a lone walk across a night field, Houchin's poems converse with the shadows of existence that permeate a world filled with beauty and mystery"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Talking to Shadows, November 1

Cleaning Glasses

Little Dutch Milkmaid

Phantom of the Alley

Going Out at Night

Catfish Controlling the River

Snail Chasing

Wisdom of Starlings

Haunted by Dead Dogs

Winter Feeding

Distance from the Dream Self

Morning into Night

The Last Window on the Island

How the Dead Remember

Photo of Two Boomers

Tribal Hills

Spring Fever

One Tree

Crossing No Man's Land

Gentle Life

Friend Darkness

Bottom of the Well

Sympathy for Ice

Plague Doctor

Animal Dolls

My Garden

Picnic in the Cemetery

Woods Ghost

Everything Remains

Community of Worship

Thanksgiving Insects

Rendezvous

Phantom Flesh

The Innocence of Feet

Dogs Waiting

The Perfect Window

The Way Things Wait

My Sister's Ghost

Eileen Steps Down into the Cellar

Dream Geography

An Auto Mechanic Considering Snow

First Insomnia

Dream of Three Lions

To Make a Thing

Night Angel

Home Movie.

Other Format:

Online version: Houchin, Ron, Talking to shadows

ISBN:

9780807172728

0807172723

OCLC:

1142957672