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Swamp candles : poems /

In his convincing and highly accomplished fifth book, Ralph Burns draws on his deep practice and experience. His tones, forms, and subjects are various and striking, the work of a poet mature and courageous enough to range through the full spectrum of his emotions.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Burns, Ralph, 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Iowa City, Iowa : University of Iowa Press, ©1996.
Series:Iowa poetry prize.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Stella
  • A boat is a lever
  • Aunt
  • Two birds
  • The man who patched the floor
  • In the bathroom mirror
  • First flight
  • Son, when i hold you tightly
  • Anniversary of wood
  • Try
  • For my wife, on our son's third birthday
  • Memory
  • Force
  • Swimming pool
  • Adam's birthday
  • The happy story
  • To my father in heaven
  • Real time
  • Suburb of light and dazzle
  • The hope of Mississippi
  • Slug caterpillar
  • Wild walking: after the Gulf War.