{"product_id":"times-language-ii-selected-poems-2019-2023-9781609406257","title":"Time's Language II: Selected Poems (2019-2023)","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime’s Language I\u003c\/i\u003e (Wings Press, 2018) included selections from Margaret Randall’ s poetry collections beginning with her first self-published book in 1959 and ending six decades later. \u003ci\u003eTime’s Language II\u003c\/i\u003e picks up where its predecessor left off, enabling readers to savour Randall’s later, more mature, work. Here are robust selections from \u003ci\u003eAgainst Atrocity, Out of Violence into Poetry, Stormclouds Like Unkept Promises, Vertigo of Risk, Your Answer is Your Map\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHome\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eStarfish on a Beach\u003c\/i\u003e--the author’ s poetic response to the Covid pandemic--and her most recent as yet uncollected production. Together, the two volumes present the range and depth of a poet whose work belongs to two centuries and records a woman’ s intimate life as well as her personal involvement with some of the most dramatic events of our time. A life of poetry in its fullest expression!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContents\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMargaret’             s Hands, by Barbara Byers      \t                  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor’             s Note\t\t\t\t\t\t\t xii\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMade Rich by Art and Revolution\t\t\t\txiii\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: The poem happens on its own terms\t\t  xv     by Katherine M. Hedeen and      Ví              ctor Rodrí              guez Nú              ñ              ez From Against Atrocity San Antonio, Texas: Wings Press 2019\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCounting Backward\t\t\t\t\t\t   2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrisscrossing this Generous Nest\t\t\t\t   4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Rains Themselves Made No Excuse\t\t\t   6\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery Outdated Map\t\t\t\t\t\t   7\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery Fear Receives a Million Hits\t\t\t\t   9\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe World is Flat\t\t\t\t\t\t 10\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMemory Rounds the Corner\t\t\t\t\t 12\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Verb to break \t\t\t\t\t\t 13\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShe Knows\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 15\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2020\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 18\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMemory as a Physics Problem\t\t\t\t 22\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Starfish on a Beach: The Pandemic Poems San Antonio, Texas: Wings Press 2020\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStatistics\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 26\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeneath the Waves\t\t\t\t\t\t 28\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eState of Exception\t\t\t\t\t\t 29\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpiral\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 31\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEighty Times More\t\t\t\t\t\t 33\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Out of Violence into Poetry San Antonio, Texas: Wings Press 2020\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne Tectonic Plate Slipping Beneath Another\t\t 36\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOut of Violence into Poetry\t\t\t\t\t 38\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVoice\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 40\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLifetime Warranty\t\t\t\t\t\t 41\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTongue Seeking Solace\t\t\t\t\t 43\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMolecules Sometimes Wonder\t\t\t\t 45\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEach Toy Argues its Future\t\t\t\t\t 47\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Hole October Leaves\t\t\t\t\t 49\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWith Memory Clinging to My Back\t\t\t\t 51\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThose Memories We’             ve Forgotten\t\t\t\t 53\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMemory and Echo Play Together in a Modern-Day Garden of Eden\t\t\t\t 55\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Stormclouds Like Unkept Promises Abiquiu, New Mexico: Casa Urraca Press 2022\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Light\t\t\t\t\t\t 58\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStill Life, Winter 2021\t\t\t\t\t 60\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery Death an Act of Survival\t\t\t\t 61\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Mother’             s Breasts\t\t\t\t\t\t 64\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour Story, Your Escape\t\t\t\t\t 66\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMedusa\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 67\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTalk is Cheap\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 68\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrometheus Punished\t\t\t\t\t\t 69\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDrops of Blood on White Snow\t\t\t\t 71\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGretel and Hansel\t\t\t\t\t\t 73\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackward Feet\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 75\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMalintzí              n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 77\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWaiting Our Turn\t\t\t\t\t\t 79\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWriting the Future\t\t\t\t\t\t 81\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Vertigo of RiskAbiquiu, New Mexico: Casa Urraca Press 2023\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDearest Ruth\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  84\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDearest Mark\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  86\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDearest Laurette\t\t\t\t\t\t  88\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDearest Felipe\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  91\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDearest Roque\t\t\t\t\t\t  93\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDearest Maru\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  95\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDearest Paul\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  98\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDearest Ceferino      \t\t\t\t\t\t100\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDearest Kathy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t102\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNepantla\t\t\t\t\t\t\t104\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhen I Lived\t\t\t\t\t\t\t108\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeode\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t110\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBack to Front or Inside Out\t\t\t\t\t111\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Father’             s Eyes\t\t\t\t\t\t113\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBecoming Ourselves\t\t\t\t\t\t114\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAll Those Years Ago\t\t\t\t\t\t116\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Theory of Nothing\t\t\t\t\t118\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sum of One and One\t\t\t\t\t120\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnderstanding Metaphor\t\t\t\t\t122\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhen I Die\t\t\t\t\t\t\t123\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNever the Compliment it Pretends\t\t\t\t125\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesert\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t127\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Acequias\t\t\t\t\t\t\t129\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWater’             s Desire\t\t\t\t\t\t\t130\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOde to Typography\t\t\t\t\t\t131\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFootprints\t\t\t\t\t\t\t137\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Hole in Your Calendar\t\t\t\t\t139\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDubious Gifts\t\t\t\t\t\t\t142\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNot Even the Cheetah\t\t\t\t\t144\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom HomeAbiquiu, New Mexico: Casa Urraca Press 2023\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis Home on My Back\t\t\t\t\t148\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHome as Oxymoron\t\t\t\t\t\t151\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Shame no Wearable Can Erase\t\t\t\t152\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Great Houses, Chaco\t\t\t\t\t155\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNothing but Need at their Side\t\t\t\t160\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Different Language\t\t\t\t\t162\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheir Houses\t\t\t\t\t\t\t165\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIf Forced to Go\t\t\t\t\t\t169\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdobe Dreams\t\t\t\t\t\t171\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat I Harvest\t\t\t\t\t\t173\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHomeless\t\t\t\t\t\t\t175\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat We Can Pretend We Do Not See\t\t\t177\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFaked Orgasms and Beloved Books\t\t\t\t179\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNon-Negotiable\t\t\t\t\t\t181\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis Table\t\t\t\t\t\t\t182\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Your Answer is Your Map Green River, Vermont: Bob \u0026amp; Susan Arnold’             s Longhouse, 2023\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOur Progress is Plastic and Cement\t\t\t\t186\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Cranes are Coming\t\t\t\t\t189\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour Answer is Your Map\t\t\t\t\t191\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChange\t\t\t\t\t\t\t193\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUncollected PoemsLife as It Was\t\t\t\t\t\t\t198\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMoving from Escher to Silence\t\t\t\t200\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFailed Translation?\t\t\t\t\t\t203\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWaving Goodbye to the Shadow of Myself\t\t\t207\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSilence\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t210\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoom 5007\t\t\t\t\t\t\t212\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\t\t\t\t\t\t223\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Authors of the Introduction\t\t\t225\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Wings Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53515890819415,"sku":"9781609406257","price":16.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/times-language-ii-selected-poems-2019-2023-9781609406257","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}