Sailing alone around the room: new and selected poems
Author
Publisher
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Publication Date
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Language
English
More Details
ISBN
9780375755194
9780375503801
9780375503801
Table of Contents
From the Book - 1st ed.
[section 1]. From The apple that astonished Paris (1988) --
Another reason why I don't keep a gun in the house --
Walking across the Atlantic --
Plight of the troubadour --
The lesson --
Winter syntax --
Advice to writers --
The rival poet --
Insomnia --
Earthling --
Books --
Bar time --
My number --
Introduction to poetry --
The Brooklyn Museum of Art --
Schoolsville --
[section 2]. From Questions about angels (191) --
American sonnet --
Questions about angels --
A history of weather --
The death of allegory --
Forgetfulness --
Candle hat --
Student of clouds --
The dead --
The man in the moon --
The wires of the night --
Vade mecum --
Not touching --
The history teacher --
First reader - Purity --
Nostalgia --
[section 3]. From The art of drowning (1995) --
Consolation --
Osso Buco --
Directions --
Sunday morning with the sensational nightingales --
The best cigarette --
Days --
Tuesday, June 4, 1991 --
Canada --
On turning ten --
Workshop --
My heart --
Budapest --
Dancing toward Bethlehem --
Monday morning --
Center --
Design --
Pinup --
Piano lessons --
The blues --
Man in space --
Nightclub --
Some final words --
[section 4]. From Picnic, lightning (1998) --
Fishing on the Susquehanna in July --
To a stranger born in some distant country hundreds of years from now --
I chop some parsley while listening to Art Blakey's version of "Three blind mice" --
Afternoon with Irish cows --
Marginalia --
Some days --
Picnic, lightning --
Morning --
Bonsai --
Shoveling snow with Buddha --
Snow --
Japan --
Victoria's secret --
Lines composed over three thousand miles from Tintern Abbey --
Paradelle for Susan --
Lines lost among trees --
Taking off Emily Dickinson's clothes --
The night house --
Splitting wood --
The death of the hat --
Passengers --
Where I live --
Aristotle --
[section 5]. New poems --
Dharma --
Reading an anthology of Chinese poems of the Sung Dynasty, I pause to admire the length and clarity of their titles --
Snow day --
Insomnia --
Madmen --
Sonnet --
Idiomatic --
The waitress --
The butterfly effect --
Serenade --
The three wishes --
Pavilion --
The movies --
Jealousy --
tomes --
Man listening to disc --
Scotland --
November --
The iron bridge --
The flight of the reader.
From the Book
[section 1]. From The apple that astonished Paris (1988) --
Another reason why I don't keep a gun in the house --
Walking across the Atlantic --
Plight of the troubadour --
The lesson --
Winter syntax --
Advice to writers --
The rival poet --
Insomnia --
Earthling --
Books --
Bar time --
My number --
Introduction to poetry --
The Brooklyn Museum of Art --
Schoolsville --
[section 2]. From Questions about angels (1991) --
American sonnet --
Questions about angels --
A history of weather --
The death of allegory --
Forgetfulness --
Candle hat --
Student of clouds --
The dead --
The man in the moon --
The wires of the night --
Vade mecum --
Not touching --
The history teacher --
First reader --
Purity --
Nostalgia --
[section 3]. From The art of drowning (1995) --
Consolation --
Osso Buco --
Directions --
Sunday morning with the sensational nightingales --
The best cigarette --
Days --
Tuesday, June 4, 1991 --
Canada --
On turning ten --
Workshop --
My heart --
Budapest --
Dancing toward Bethlehem --
Monday morning --
Center --
Design --
Pinup --
Piano lessons --
The blues --
Man in space --
Nightclub --
Some final words --
[section 4]. From Picnic, lightning (1998) --
Fishing on the Susquehanna in July --
To a stranger born in some distant country hundreds of years from now --
I chop some parsley while listening to Art Blakey's version of "Three blind mice" --
Afternoon with Irish cows --
Marginalia --
Some days --
Picnic, lightning --
Morning --
Bonsai --
Shoveling snow with Buddha --
Snow --
Japan --
Victoria's secret --
Lines composed over three thousand miles from Tintern Abbey --
Paradelle for Susan --
Lines lost among trees --
Taking off Emily Dickinson's clothes --
The night house --
Splitting wood --
The death of the hat --
Passengers --
Where I live --
Aristotle --
[section 5]. New poems --
Dharma --
Reading an anthology of Chinese poems of the Sung Dynasty, I pause to admire the length and clarity of their titles --
Snow day --
Insomnia --
Madmen --
Sonnet --
Idiomatic --
The waitress --
The butterfly effect --
Serenade --
The three wishes --
Pavilion --
The movies --
Jealousy --
Tomes --
Man listening to disc --
Scotland --
November --
The iron bridge --
The flight of the reader.
Description
Loading Description...
Excerpt
Loading Excerpt...
Author Notes
Loading Author Notes...
Staff View
Loading Staff View.