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Revising the storm : poems / by Geoffrey Davis ; foreward by Dorian Laux ; cover design, Sandy Knight ; cover art, Malynda Shook.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Geffrey M., 1983- author.
- Laux, Dorian, author of introduction, etc.
- Series:
- A. Poulin, Jr. new poets of America series ; Number 36.
- A. Poulin, Jr. New Poets of America Series ; Number 36
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American poetry--21st century.
- American poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (97 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Rochester, New York : BOA Editions, Ltd., 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Cave Canem fellow's prize-winning collection speaks to masculinity, fatherhood, racial prejudice, and the ravages of the '80s urban crack epidemic.
- Contents:
- Contents; Foreword; 1. The Book of father; What I Mean When I Say Farmhouse; King County Metro; Revising the Storm, 1991; Instructions for a Fourth-Grade Report on Texas; What I Mean When I Say Chinook Salmon; The Epistemology of Birds; What I Mean When I Say My Name Is Nobody; Call Me Now; Unfledged; What I Mean When I Say Roller Pigeon; What I Mean When I Say Elijah-Man; A Poem for God; More Than Forgery; What I Mean When I Say Truck Driver; What My Father Might Say, If I Let Him Speak; My Last Love Poem for a Crackhead, #23; From the Unsent Letters: To Klamath Falls Correctional Facility
- II. DiasporaThe Newakum River; Write the Memory of Throwing the Stone; Teaching Twelve-Year-Olds the Trail of Tears; Venison; How Can I Be 1/32nd Blackfeet?; If the Moon Were My Lover; What I Mean When I Say Diaspora; My Mother's Uncle; The Epistemology of Hospitals; The Epistemology of Gentleness; The Epistemology of Marriage; Divorce Means; From 35,000 Feet / Praise Aviophobia; Meditation at a Pennsylvania Diner: Early Morning; Write the Memory of the Girl Dancing in Apple Blossoms; 6th Avenue Flora; III. Here a Coursing Wall, There a Slanted House
- I Dream of Meeting Myself, Age Seven, County Fair Field TripThe Epistemology of Rosemary; Farmer's Market Sweet Plums: Apology to the Flower Lady; Dear Destruction; Like This, For a Reason; Ode to Trout; What I Mean When I Say Forever; The Discipline of Waking Love; What We Set in Motion; The Epistemology of Preposition; Upriver, Downstream; Notes; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Colophon
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-938160-29-0
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