Questions from outer space : poems / Diane Thiel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thiel, Diane, 1967- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Extraterrestrial beings.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (107 pages)

Edition:

First Edition.

Place of Publication:

Pasadena, California : Red Hen Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Diane Thiel's eagerly anticipated collection of poems, Questions from Outer Space, explores fresh and often humorous perspectives that capture the surreal quality of our swiftly changing lives on this planet. The poems travel through questions on many fronts, challenging assumptions and locating unique angles of perception. This thought-provoking book reflects a deep engagement with the natural world, a questioning of our built systems, the expansive wilderness of parenting, and the complexities of navigating outer and inner space"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Cover

Half-Title Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Acknowledgments

Dedication

Contents

I Questions of Time and Direction

Just Before Dawn

Measure by Time

Remotely

Hippocampus (Elliptical Scans from Space)

The Factory (Questions from Outer Space)

Questions of Time and Direction

Field Notes from the Biolayer

Spatial Equations

Listening in Deep Space

Navigating the Questions

So Much Depends

Expendable

Time Won't Do It

Sticks and Stones

In the Rain

Babes in the Wood

Three Seasons

Hiatus

II Notice from Another Dimension

Sleeping Dogs

Baby Out with the Bathwater

KwickAssess

The Multiverse

Under the Rug

The Slide

Tritina in the Time of the Machine

Assimilation

In the Mirror

Notice from Another Dimension

Isn't poetry all about perfection?

Three Surrealist Women and the Skins of an Orchestra

Love-spinning

Carousel

Kummerspeck

Changing Reality

III The Farthest Side

The Farthest Side

The Typewriter

Pantoum on a Paper Moon

Circle in the Sand

One Early Morning

Planting Cape Florida, Key Biscayne

Swamp Roses

This Old Thing

Letters from La Paz

How They Arrived

Recovering the Lost

Library of Veria, Greece

Learning to Breathe

Haiku Petroglyphs

Elemental Trail

On Foot

Southern Cross

Outback

IV Time in the Wilderness

The First Sea

Astronaut Training

Birth Announcement

Counting Two

Questions from Four Dimensions

Giant Children

Spaceship with Saint Giovannino

Interplanetary Spelling Bee

Living with Aliens

Zero Hour

High Noon at the Remote Corral

Finding Home

Under the Lawrence Tree

Short Subjects with Long Titles (Epigrams on Art, Poetics, and Philosophy)

Time in the Wilderness

Biographical Note

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781636280288

1636280285

OCLC:

1317332675