Surely As Birds Fly

by Hix, H. L.

• ISBN13: 9781931112055
• ISBN10: 1931112053
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-02-01
• Publisher: Truman State Univ Pr

Summary

The intelligent, eloquent, and luminous poems in H L Hix' third full-length collection, exceed the amazing promise and scope of his earlier collections of poems. In the three sequences that make up the book, Hix negotiates the cost of knowledge, eros, and dignity, the burden of lamentation and destiny, the mercurial border between matter and spirit. One will not only admire the lucidity of these poems, but will delight at how they weave the language of science, philosophy, and scripture into a voice singular in its complexity and urgency, a voice beyond innocence, a voice tempered in the forge of history.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
A Study of Thermodynamics
Lament for the Blood	p. 5
Lament for the Lungs	p. 6
Lament for the Umbilical Cord	p. 7
Lament for the Teeth	p. 8
Lament for the Tongue	p. 9
Lament for the Eyes	p. 10
Lament for the Hands	p. 11
Lament for the Feet	p. 12
Lament for the Genitals	p. 14
Lament for the Abdomen	p. 16
Lament for the Fingers	p. 17
Thistle, Clover, Rape
Riga	p. 21
Kaunas	p. 22
Tyrant	p. 23
Vilnius	p. 24
The Landscape of the Soul	p. 25
Tallinn	p. 26
Hiiumaa	p. 27
Tartu	p. 28
Among Trees and Stones	p. 39
St. Petersburg	p. 30
Moscow	p. 32
Novosibirsk	p. 34
A Manual of Happiness	p. 35
About the Author	p. 64
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