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Brother Fire : Poems By W. S. Di Piero
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Di Piero, W. S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Erotic poetry, American.
- Religious poetry, American.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
- Summary:
- In this rich collection, W.S.Di Piero seeks the spirit and substance of illumination in all its forms.He finds meaning, or shows us how we attempt to do so, in the rituals and events that mark our year-the Fourth of July, Halloween, New Year's Eve-and in the ordinary activities of mowing, dancing, drinking, trying to stay warm.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Brother Francis to Brother Leone
- All in One Day
- The Fifties
- "Standing Man and Sun"
- A View of the Studio
- Dancing on New Year's Eve at Dave and Sheila's
- Mowers
- The View from Here
- The Girl Found in the Woods
- Increased Security
- "How Do I Get There?"
- Somehow They Got Three Stories Up
- Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
- Brass Earrings
- Ghetto Nuovo
- Sometime Nights
- On the Island
- What Is This
- Blue Moon
- A Man of Indeterminate Age on Subway Grate
- Two Stops
- The Birthmark
- Red Sandals
- Didn't You Say Desire Is
- The Sky-Blue Chair
- Suzanne on the Sofa
- Ortlieb's Uptown Taproom
- Christopher Columbus Park
- Prayer Meeting
- St. Agnes Infirmary
- Evening Errand
- Ten P.M. in Kezar's
- Lightning Bugs
- Honey
- Maenad
- A Cold June
- Easter Candy
- The Kiss
- Acknowledgments
- A Note About the Author
- Other Books by This Author.
- Notes:
- Preliminaries omitted.
- ISBN:
- 0-307-51499-4
- OCLC:
- 857278682
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