Splinter : poems / Susan O'Dell Underwood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Underwood, Susan O'Dell, 1962- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English poetry.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (88 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lake Dallas, TX : Madville Publishing, [2023]

Summary:

"On a collective level, the human diaspora is incalculable. Our leaving and resettling are as ancient as we are, whether immigrant, refugee, exile, or pioneer. In Splinter, Susan O'Dell Underwood's poems trace the unique experiences of the Appalachian diaspora. Splinter suggests the deep ambivalence in the breaking away, a sundering which can never be mended. These poems test the emotional spectrum, weighing the joyful possibilities and sorrows of leaving against the obligation of those who stay "home," grateful yet bereft in an altered place"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Appalachian Diaspora

I. Holler

Holler

II. Farmers' Daughter

Ghazal of the Farmers' Daughter

Earthbound

Tick

Relic

Hankering

Apostasy

Old House

Homesick

Matriarch

Cross Stitch

Field

Patriarch

The Farmers' Daughter Takes Account

Mulish

III. Solastalgia

Sunday Afternoon: Leaving

Green

Exodus

Territorial

Myth

The Robins, That Is

From

Exile

They Raised Big Gardens

At a Primitive Family Cemetery in the Great Smoky Mountains

All the Risen Mornings

Geometry

For the Unwritten Hillbilly Poem

Kin

IV. Gentrification

Assimilation

The Other Side of the Tracks, 2016

Commencement

Linoleum Culture

Babel

Anasazi, the Ancient Ones

The Ground Beneath Our Feet

Look Away, Look Away

Sushi for Hillbillies

The Hard Stuff

Civil Ceremony

Birthright

Hillbilly Ghazal

Specter

Splinter

I Stand Here Frying Okra

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781956440300

1956440305

OCLC:

1375295769