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The fortieth day : poems / by Kazim Ali.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ali, Kazim, 1971- author.
- Series:
- American poets continuum series ; Number 110.
- American Poets Continuum Series ; Number 110
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American poetry--21st century.
- American poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (119 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Rochester, New York : BOA Editions Ltd., 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- <div>An exciting younger poet explores the rhetoric of prayer and the dizzying possibilities of meditative ecstasy.</div>
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; 1; Lostness; Morning Prayer; Dear Father, Dear Sound; Dear Sunset, Dear Avalanche; Mouth; The Art of Breathing; The Far Mosque; Rope; Cave; Chasm; Vase; 2; The Year of Winter; Afternoon Prayer; Ornithography; Double Reed; The Desert; The Ocean Floor; Sleep Door; Bottle; Horizon; Garland; Interrupted Letter; Quiz; 3; The Second Funeral; Evening Prayer; Math; Flight; Two Halves; Ramadan; Ursa Major; The Ninth Planet; Dear Lantern, Dear Cup; Pastoral: The Bats; Dear Dangerous, How Do You Explain It; The Cathedral Tower; 4; Naval Missive
- Night PrayerAugust; Packing; Perish; Pip; Fragment; Autobiography; A Century in the Garden; Waiting for the Train; Suture; Love Note; Four O'Clock; Notes; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Colophon
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-938160-75-4
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