Why he doesn't sleep : the selected poems of Stephen Gardner / edited by William Wright.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wright, William, 1979- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (143 p.)

Place of Publication:

Huntsville, Texas : Texas Review Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why He Doesn't Sleep: The Selected Poems of Stephen Gardner collects the best poetry of an underappreciated writer, an extremely popular professor whose teaching inspired many students to become serious poets themselves. Gardner was known to invest himself in helping others more than in his own work, and so this overdue collection offers exposure to an interesting, variegated, and genuinely passionate writer.GOING HOMEDown the road, lying with my facePressed into my father's lap, the wheelHe held claiming most of the space.But I sque

Contents:

WHY HE DOESN'T SLEEP; Wake Him; Darkness into Light; Poems of a Second Father; GOING HOME; 2 A.M., INCENSE, A QUART OF GIN, MY DOG WITH A BONE; NOT ABOUT TREES; WHY HE DOESN'T SLEEP; TAKING PICTURES; THE CARPENTER'S REAL ANGUISH; WALPURGIS; MOVING: ALONG THE EDGES; WAITING TO LEAVE; ON THE EDGE IN ST. LOUIS; DIRECTIONS FOR FINDING THE BEST WAY OUT; FORE AND AFT; THE PRIVATE MINER SPEAKS AT LAST; GOOD WOMAN; SAVING LIVES; HAPPY; A DAY AT THE BEACH ONTHE OUTSKIRTS OF TOPEKA; FOURTEEN DOLPHINS; PORTAGE; HOME VOYAGER; PASTORAL IN THE SHADOW OF A CITY; RELATIVITY; JONES; BLIZZARD

LIGHT RAIN, EARLY FALLANY DAY NOW; WHAT WILL HAPPEN; SEASONING; THIS NIGHT; HERE IT IS; TAKING THE SWITCHBACK; MAKING AN ICE STORM; GIVING AWAY THE CAT; NOISE; THREE PHOTOGRAPHS; ON THE CUSP OF A GRAND DISCOVERY,ALEXANDER DREAMS OF NAPOLEON; ALEXANDER STUMBLES OVER MERCY; ALEXANDER CLEANS UP AT THENEW JERUSALEM CAR WASH; ALEXANDER REMEMBERS A STALKER; ALEXANDER ENCOUNTERS THE DEMONIC; ALEXANDER UNDERSTANDS PLENTY; A POSTCARD FROM ALEXANDER IN AUTUMN, WITH LATE AZALEAS; CASCADE; DOG; OLD SONGS; REDBIRD; 1/2/80: KNOXVILLE; 4/14/80: FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS; 7/14/80: NORMAN, OKLAHOMA

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-937875-64-4

OCLC:

881569148