Against Distance

by Makuck, Peter

• ISBN13: 9781880238455
• ISBN10: 1880238454
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-04-01
• Publisher: Boa Editions

Summary

Poetry that illuminates nature's weather and the weather of the human spirit.

Author Biography

Peter Makuck is Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences at East Carolina University.

Table of Contents

Tangier Island	p. 13
Dogwood Again	p. 16
After the Perfect Place	p. 17
Gray Removals	p. 19
Near the Agua Fria	p. 21
Catsail	p. 24
Ocean Fog	p. 25
After	p. 27
Close	p. 29
Chalet in Air	p. 30
Beyond French Doors	p. 32
Owl and Heron	p. 34
Lobsters	p. 35
Woodsmoke	p. 37
Against Distance	p. 39
Hunter	p. 44
Big Eddy, Upstream of the Grimesland Bridge	p. 45
Dry Creek	p. 46
Ritual on Indian Pier	p. 49
Leaning Against the Bar at Wrong Way Corrigan's in Greenville, North Carolina	p. 53
Not Wasted	p. 54
Dust Devil	p. 56
Subchaser	p. 58
On the Blue Again	p. 60
Papa	p. 61
Another Country	p. 64
Fluteman	p. 66
Valentine	p. 69
Bradfords	p. 71
Sequoia Sempervirens	p. 73
Above Spanish Forks	p. 75
Distance at the Dockside Inn	p. 77
Seascape	p. 78
Egret	p. 79
Flying Fish	p. 82
Day of the Warbler	p. 84
A Guide to Arrival	p. 86
Trafficking with Voices	p. 88
Acknowledgments	p. 91
About the Author	p. 93
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