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Book SynopsisFeatures the poems that are selected from the author's seven full-length manuscripts written between 1946 and 2008.
Trade Review"Almost 60 years of thoughtful, terse, decidedly modernist verse and prose poetry come together in this first collection... much of it tersely humble, both philosophical and political, with cadence reminiscent of George Oppen." Publishers Weekly "Richard O. Moore's no sapling by a long shot, but his poetry is lithe. It expands itself in the off-handed dialect of this country's newest voices, but remains rooted to the old codes of keen sincerity. It is real poetry, sure enough to break from silence and, when need be, return." Bomb Magazine (Bomblog) "[These poems] are at once sensual and intellectual, erotic and philosophic, and they appeal to all the senses." -- Jonah Raskin Redwood Coast Review
Table of ContentsContents Photographs follow page Preface Brenda Hillman Acknowledgments [Therefore, set forth over the black river] Shadow and Light Itinerary By the Lake Utensils Driving to Fort Bragg Dog in the Forest History Columbia 1960 Ten Philosophical Asides Marginalia: Whitehead Quotations Analects from d{ens}e{ens}l{ens}e{ens}t{ens}e "Come Live with Me" :{ems}It{ems}: from Writing the Silences "Come Sunday" Birthright Notebook This Morning Aftershock Visiting Hours The Parachutist's Annunciation Holding On ... a divertimento ... Footnotes A Funeral of Memory The Winter Garden A Treasury of Darkness Introit Over the Shoulder Meanwhile Early Poems from A History Primer Seascape from September Elegy from At Caesar's Gate A Reminiscence Birthday View Opening on a Garden Notes
