The Redshifting Web: Poems 1970-1998.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sze, Arthur

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--20th century.

American poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Port Townsend : Copper Canyon Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection spans more than a quarter century of published work, including selections from five previous award-winning books, and makes available for the first time the full range of Sze's remarkable poetry. Through the startling juxtaposition of images, Sze reveals the interconnectedness, the interdependency of things and ideas, always with an ear attuned to pitch and cadence.

Contents:

Note to the Reader; [ Contents ]; NEW POEMS; BEFORE COMPLETION; THE STRING DIAMOND; KAISEKI; APACHE PLUME; THE BBGlNNING WEB; REDUCTIONS AND ENLARGEMENTS; THE NAMES OF A BIRD; THE ARCHITECTURE OF SILENCE; HOURGLASS; ENTELECHY; APACHE PLUME; ANAMENSIS; STARLIGHT; DIFFRACTION GRATING; SIX PERSIMMONS; from THE WILLOW WIND (1972); NOAH'S / DOVE; THE WOOD WHITTLER; LI PO; MIRACLES; THE EXECUTION OF MAXIMILIAN; SOUND LAG; SLIDING AWAY; STRAWBERRIES IN WOODEN BOWLS; THE OLIVE GROVE; A SINGER WITH EYES OF SAND; from TWO RAVENS (1976); THE TAOIST PAINTER; BRUEGHEL; THE SILVER TRADE

HE WILL COME TO MY FUNERAL WITH A WHITE FLOWERTHE WAKING; NORTH TO TAOS; THREE A.M., IN WINTER; LAMENT; WANG WEI; MORNING SHUTTERS; LUPINE; DO NOT SPEAK KERESAN TO A MESCALERO APACHE; DAZZLED (1982); VIEWING PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHINA; THE MOON IS A DIAMOND; LISTENING TO A BROKEN RADIO; MOENKOPI; WRITTEN THE DAY I WAS TO BEGIN A RESIDENCY AT THE STATE PENITENTIARY; JUNE GHAZAL; DAZZLED; MAGNETIZED; KNIPE AT THE JUGULAR; POUILLY-FUISSE; ALBA; THE OPAL; PENTIMENTO; THE WEATHER SHlPTS; JUNIPER FIRES; FROST; BLACK LIGHTNING; PIRANHAS; IMPRESSIONS OF THE NEW MEXICO LEGISLATURE; CEDAR FIRES; THE MURMUR

THE CORONAOLIVE NIGHT; THE CLOUD CHAMBER; EMPTY WORDS; TSANKAWI; ANTARES; THE OWL; THE CORNUCOPIA; THE CHANCE; THE NETWORK; FAUVE; FERN, COAL, DIAMOND; THE AXIS; RIVER RIVER (1987); THE LEAVES OF A DREAM ARE THE LEAVES OF AN ONION; THE APHRODISIAC; THE ANSEL ADAMS CARD; NEW WAVE; EVERY WHERE AND EVERY WHEN; THE REHEARSAL; KAYAKING AT NIGHT ON TOMALES BAY; MISTAKING WATER HEMLOCK FOR PARSLEY; EVIL GRIGRI; THE PULSE; THE DIAMOND POINT; METASTASIS; HORSE RACE; THE NEGATIVE; WASABI; THE SOLDERER; RENGA; TEN THOUSAND TO ONE; TO A COMPOSER; SHOOTING STAR; THE SILENCE; KEOKEA; EARLY AUTUMN

NOTHING CAN HEAL THE SEVERED NERVES OF A HAND?SPLASH, FLOW; THE MOMENT OF CREATION; FORGET FEZ; SHUTTLE; THROWING SALT ON A PATH; EDNA BAY; BLACK JAVA PEPPER; THE HALIBUT; STANDING ON AN ALDER BRIDGE OVER A CREEK; HERE; PARALLAX; THE DAY CAN BECOME A ZEN GARDEN OF RAKED SAND; THE UNNAMABLE RIVER; ARCHIPELAGO (1995); STREAMERS; THE SILK ROAD; OOLONG; IN YOUR HONOR; THE FLOWER PATH; THE GREAT WHITE SHARK; SLANTING LIGHT; RED OCTOPUS; WHITEOUT; ICE FLOE; THE LOS ALAMOS MUSEUM; SPRING SNOW; THE REDSHIFTING WEB; X RAY; RATTLESNAKE GLYPH; A GREAT SQUARE HAS NO CORNERS; AXOLOTL

MUSHROOM HUNTING IN THE JEMEZ MOUNTAINSFROM THE ROOFTOP; THE SHAPES OF LEAVES; ORIGINAL MEMORY; ARCHIPELAGO; NOTES; About the Author; Books by Arthur Sze; Acknowledgments

ISBN:

9781619320758

1619320754

OCLC:

852756281