{"product_id":"almanac-poems-9780691159188","title":"Almanac  Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffers a collection of lyrical and narrative poems that celebrate, and mourn the passing of, the world of the small family farm. This book reflects on a long poetic apprenticeship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] lucid debut... [S]elf-contained, compact stories [that] will stick in the mind for a while.\"--Publishers Weekly \"Smith's close familiarity with the everyday tragedies of our human existence is recorded in diction that is readily accessible to the average reader, but which has a depth that is capable of resounding through the hearts and souls of his audience, facilitating their response, even if they come from an essentially nonpoetic background... Smith's work is well worth investing in, so do consider acquiring yourself a copy--he is clearly a modern-day poet who deserves your attention.\"--Lois Henderson, Bookpleasures.com \"Almanac by Austin Smith is a magical collection of lyrical poems which mark, and mourn, the passing of a way of life, of the small family farmer, in the rural Midwest... It's a stunning first collection, chosen by Paul Muldoon for the reinvigorated Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets.\"--Keith Richmond, Tribune \"Smith's farm disasters make memorable reading if you care about poetry whether or not you care very much about farms.\"--Stephen Burt, Yale Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Silo 5  Queen-Anne's Lace 7  Fort-Da 8  Thistles 10  The Night My Mother 11  How a Calf Comes into the World 13  Lightning 15  Autumn's Velocity 16  The Brinkmeiers 19  Aerial Photograph, Glasser Farm, 1972 20  Dean 22  Coach Chance 24  The Man Accused of Fucking Horses 25  The Bait Shop 26  Memoir of My Imaginary Sister 27  Neon Apotheosis 28  Bingo 31  Stephenson County Fair in Wartime 33  Nancy and Dwayne, Danville, Virginia, 1970 34  Romeo and Juliet in the Tomb 35  The Battlefield 37  The Pit 39  The Man Who Poisoned Robert Johnson 40  Nazi Soldier with a Book in His Pants 41  Sharpener of Knives 43  Overlord 45  The Hotel 48  The Equation 50  Resonance 51  Postcards to Andrew Wyeth 52  Recollection 54  Letter to My Father Written in a Bar in Mitchell, South Dakota 55  On a Greyhound Bus in America 56  Mission 57  The Scythe 58  The Mummy in the Freeport Art Museum 59  Sirens 60  A Serious House on Serious Earth 61  Poem for Les, Homeless 63  Elegy for Missing Teeth 65  Directions for How to Use Crest Whitening Strips 66  The Trencher 68  Instructions for How to Put an Old Horse Down 71  The Key in the Stone 73  Wake 75  Notes 79  Acknowledgments 81","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037264281943,"sku":"9780691159188","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691159188.jpg?v=1750935050","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/almanac-poems-9780691159188","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}