Not Till We Are Lost

by Wenthe, William

• ISBN13: 9780807129043
• ISBN10: 0807129046
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-12-01
• Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr

Summary

Even Eve had to open her eyes to that dubious mirror--his flesh her history his future in her belly. --from "Water Dish"

Author Biography

Born and raised in New Jersey, William Wenthe is the author of the poetry collection Birds of Hoboken. His poems have appeared in numerous journals, including Georgia Review, Southern Review, and Poetry. The recipient of a Pushcart Prize and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Texas Commission on the Arts, he lives in Lubbock, where he teaches at Texas Tech University and is poetry editor for Iron Horse Literary Review

Table of Contents

I
Water Dish	1	(1)
After Moving to a Place Where	1	(1)
Do Not Know the Names of Plants and Birds	2	(1)
Sentimental Pictures	3	(2)
Descansado	5	(2)
Hammering Stones	7	(1)
Nostradamus	8	(2)
Trout Fishing in West Texas	10	(2)
Yerba Canyon	12	(2)
W.H. Auden, Leaving Lubbock, Texas, Writes a Sonnet	14	(3)
II
White Settlement	17	(3)
The Music Lesson	20	(2)
American Picture at Lumpkin's	22	(2)
A Photograph of Rilke	24	(2)
The Owl on Texas Avenue	26	(2)
The Daily News	28	(2)
Goldeneye	30	(4)
Gar	34	(1)
Story	35	(2)
III
Elegy in Waiting	37	(2)
Wildflowers	39	(1)
Redbud	40	(2)
Visitations	42	(2)
Bluebird and Comet	44	(2)
Poet after Stroke	46	(1)
The Red Sofa	47	(2)
The Ashes	49	(2)
The Mysteries	51