Between a Bird Cage and a Bird House : Poems / Katerina Stoykova.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stoĭkova, Katerina, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--21st century.

American poetry.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (101 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, [2024]

Summary:

The fall of the Iron Curtain in the early 1990s ushered in a new tide of European immigrants to the United States.These populations, which hailed primarily from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, were largely adrift in America's cultural melting pot.

Contents:

Cover

Halftitle page

Title page

Copyright page

CONTENTS

A.

America, you are so big, I feel

What is the difference

Light without her body,

Stained Glass Butterflies

America, do you remember

So much depends upon

America, what do you hide

Sus-toss

The Country Who No Longer Wanted Her Children

America, I visited

Visit

Conversation

The Way I Pray to St. Catherine

America, you made me

He Catches a Magic Fish

A man and a woman in a bedroom

Once

America, you watched me change.

Honey, this is the scary truth.

America, it's complicated.

Eighth Floor Balcony Ghazal

So, You Miss Your Depression. So, You Cherish Your Loneliness.

I don't know

America, if your eyes are dry

Better

Darling,

Everybody needs a pen

America, what you have

You'll be given everything, twice.

By the end of your life, you

You look for proof

America, if there were a rule

The Body, the Collateral

. . . and in the morning, we saw a moth.

America, now I know.

We Must Be Very Careful When Using the Word Home.

Black Stone over White Stone

America, I don't know

The Apple Who Wanted to Become a Pinecone

A Dream

America, would you be a part of me

Imagine a raw egg

Creative Spurt

As I'm writing this

America, I dally

Bo from the Choctaw Nation

What Happens to the Prophet

B.

Theorem: America is the greatest country in the world.

Proof

Conclusion

Alternate Ending

Alternate Conclusion

Acknowledgments and Notes

About the Author

To the Foreign Woman Who Called Her Daughter "Скотина" for Untying Her Shoes in the Post Office

Beaumont Branch, Lexington, KY, 4/18/2013

Dear Numbness,

America, here is the answer to the question

Dear One,

There once was a woman who wanted to be a better mother

America, there will be nothing left

Shame is a private punishment.

I Shame, Therefore I Am

Wasn't it easier with less awareness

America, I love doing stupid things

At some point you stopped

The entire day I loved someone.

It's a Great Day to Burn, the Man Said.

Some Catastrophes Approach Slowly.

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ISBN:

0-8131-9869-0

OCLC:

1406412813