The Land Of Bliss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Song, Cathy

Series:

Pitt poetry series.

Pitt Poetry Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women poets, American.

American poetry--20th century.

American poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cathy Song's fourth collection of poetry unveils glimpses of the elusive but ever-present power of wisdom and compassion. Recognizing that we have the ability to create our own misery as well as our own bliss, she finds the unexpected in broken lives, despair, and even seemingly joyous occasions. Song's poems are often, like a handful of water, "cold and impossibly / clear, unlike anything / you've ever held before.".

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Fetters

Pokanini Girl

The Pineapple Fields

The Girl Can Run

Stink Eye

Pa-ke

Ghost

My Mother's Name

Living Proof

The Child Floats in a Sea of Grass

What Is Given

The Roses of Guadalajara

She Meant to See China

The Valley Boat

Stone Soup

Committed

The Expense of Mildew

Fragrance Is the First to Go

Rust

Horizon

Riverbed

Peacefully, on the Wings of Forgiveness

Blue

White Ashes

Mountains of Ash

A Poet in the House

Book of Hours

Blueroses

The Sister

Honored Guest

In the Far Wing of an Old Museum

A City of Sleeves

The Slow Upheaval of Mist

The Sky-Blue Dress

Fur

The Land of Bliss

The Last of My Chinese Uncles Enters the Gates of Heaven

Triptych

The Bodhisattva Muses

Mother of Us All

Out of the Broken Mirror

Angels on the Way to the Dalai Lama

Handful

Caldera Illumina

Acknowledgments.

Notes:

Preliminaries omitted.

ISBN:

9780822980629

0822980622

OCLC:

606632618