On the Ground Poems

by Howe, Fanny

• ISBN13: 9781555974039
• ISBN10: 1555974031
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-01
• Publisher: Graywolf Press

Summary

A spiritually resonant and politically urgent new collection by the winner of the Lenore Marshall poetry prize My father was a soldier who was smaller than my son when he returned as a ghost. I begged him to stay with us but he said: "Not until you come to life." -from "[Untitled]" Fanny Howe's bold new collection responds to the contrast between American imperialist goals and the realities of life lived "on the ground." While our minds are preoccupied with the war games on television, we go on living among our ordinary joys and appetites. How can we live under these dissonant conditions and reconcile our existence with our longings?

Author Biography

Fanny Howe is the author of more than twenty books of poetry and prose, including Gone, Selected Poems, One Crossed Out, and a collection of essays, The Wedding Dress.
She lives in New England.

Table of Contents

Far and Near	3	(1)
The World Bank	4	(8)
Forged	12	(11)
9/11	23	(1)
2002	24	(4)
The Long Wrong	28	(2)
The Dragon of History	30	(3)
On the Ground	33	(6)
Medjugorje	39	(4)
Kneeling Bus	43