At some point / David O'Connell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Connell, David, 1974- author.

Series:

Wisconsin poetry series

Language:

English

Genre:

poetry.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

viii, 70 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wisconsin : University of Wisconsin Press, [2025]

Summary:

"Time is slippery. At Some Point openly acknowledges this while exploring the intersections between past and present, childhood and adulthood, midlife and mortality. Joyously and solemnly tugging on the threads that connect us - to life, to the planet, to each other - David O'Connell finds meaning in the small things. An earworm, a sudden memory, the arrival of a fox in the neighborhood, even camaraderie among other patients awaiting colonoscopies - all are grist for O'Connell's ability to view the world simultaneously anew and as it once appeared. From the quotidian to the profound, this is a collection that hovers around your consciousness, reshaping your own vision and insight" -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

I. Late at night, I watch The Blue Planet

We're thinking of the black hole at the center of the galaxy

Fresh air

I'm happy because my daughter is sad

Intervale cemetery

Period piece

Frank O'Hara

The physician

I'm calling 911!

Hunt

You must act as though you'll live

In spring

Let's talk about the weather

II. Watching my wife parasail

The yard is full of light

I was startled it was death

We rush to see their movies

After

The forecast calls for snow

My friend comes back

This is how it happens

In college, we were assigned "The Dead"

In case you were wondering

Watching my daughter's tap recital

The past isn't what it was when it was

The rational animal

You were my first fox

Cathedral ledge

III. Minor planets of the inner solar system

Oh my goodness, here goes your body

Procedure

Avalanche

As if there were lessons

How to tell the one about fatherhood

This time

Emitter

I read the dead are returning

The world as it is

Encore

All summer, the rain

Love song

Starter home

When I hear it's a buyer's market

The elegant universe.

Notes:

Winner of the Felix Pollak Prize in poetry

ISBN:

9780299355449

0299355446

OCLC:

1517930002