True faith : poems / by Ira Sadoff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sadoff, Ira.

Series:

American poets continuum series ; v. 132.

American poets Continuum series ; no. 132

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transcendence (Philosophy)--Poetry.

Transcendence (Philosophy).

Religious life--Poetry.

Religious life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (89 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Rochester, NY : BOA Editions, Ltd., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ira Sadoff's ninth book shows a seasoned poet at the height of his powers: class, religion, politics with sharp wit.

Contents:

Contents; I; True Faith; In Madrid; American; Lament; Down by the Old Mill Stream; The Sound and the Fury (1991); Oyster Bay; Apologia; On Style; My Country; Blue Catamarans; Surely the Wind; Water Musik; Worry Fills the Brim of My Hat; All the Secrets Are Not Scars; Adam; In Virginia; In a Southern Climate; Dies Irae; II: Maybe; Orphans; Question; Objectively, in Church; A Mighty Fortress; Diagnosis; The War; Chamber Pot; Once I Could Say; Like Magic; Stirhouse; The Gift; Elegy; III; America II; The Aftermath; Lapses; Before; Id; Self-Portrait; While in Brooklyn; For Beauty; What I Meant

In My Little ParadiseEx-Wives; My First Roses; Country Living; Happenstance; To the Gods; The Numbness; Because We Have Failed So Often; At the Polynesian Paradise in the Mall of America; Dispel Me; Revival; Heavens; Acknowledgments; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-934414-83-2

OCLC:

796384383