Choice Words : Poems, 1970-2005

by Blasing, Randy

• ISBN13: 9780914278825
• ISBN10: 0914278827
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: Small Pr Distribution

Summary

Poetry. This selection of poems old and new traces the making of a self and a mapping of the world as personal history, from growing up in a Bible Belt suburb in the '50s to spending 30 summers exploring Turkey, takes on the permanence of art.

Table of Contents

The world in miniature	p. 3
North of Amherst	p. 4
Hog heaven	p. 5
All present	p. 6
On water	p. 7
Passages	p. 8
Blur	p. 15
West	p. 16
Night music	p. 28
Sonora wildflowers	p. 29
Coast to coast	p. 30
Over drinks	p. 33
Ramazan at New Phocaea	p. 34
Gilgamesh visits Ephesus	p. 35
The particles	p. 36
Pirated version	p. 43
Calling	p. 45
Vowels	p. 47
Richfield	p. 48
White bread	p. 50
Golden Valley	p. 52
Double life	p. 53
Kingdom come	p. 55
Divining rod	p. 57
Within limits	p. 58
North end	p. 59
An album family	p. 61
The afterlife	p. 62
Starfish	p. 64
Refuge	p. 70
The acolyte	p. 73
Color values	p. 74
Personal history	p. 75
Chambers of the heart	p. 76
Three houses	p. 77
Hardball	p. 79
At length	p. 80
Country song	p. 81
Lifelines	p. 82
Permanent ink	p. 83
Hymn to the sun	p. 84
Faded kodachrome	p. 93
Burial grounds	p. 94
Setting out	p. 96
Whole life	p. 97
Second language	p. 98
The summer house	p. 99
Visionary company	p. 101
Graphic scenes	p. 102
Scoring	p. 104
Change of life	p. 107
First love	p. 108
Cast-iron blimp	p. 109
In a word	p. 110
Empire builder	p. 112
Second home	p. 113
Wishful thinking	p. 128
Rock country	p. 130
The boys	p. 131
Daylight saving	p. 132
Countdown	p. 133
Retriever	p. 134
Beside the holy city's sacred pool	p. 135
Toward an anniversary	p. 136
Western exposure	p. 137
Minor ruin	p. 138
Out of Eden	p. 139
Home from Ionia	p. 140
Byzantine bird	p. 143
The Alexandria Express	p. 144
Who shall remain nameless	p. 145
Creature feature	p. 146
Arrhythmia	p. 147
Horror story	p. 148
Quilter	p. 149
Why I don't sing karaoke	p. 150
Prom night confidential	p. 151
The great divide	p. 152
1963	p. 153
Intelligent design	p. 154
Visitation	p. 155
Cancer clinic	p. 156
Country convalescence	p. 157
Discovery	p. 158
My erotic playgroup	p. 159
Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.