Conflicted Light

by Bear, J. P. Dancing

• ISBN13: 9781903392737
• ISBN10: 190339273X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-15
• Publisher: Salmon Poetry

Summary

J. P. Dancing Bear's poems have been published in Shenandoah, Poetry International, New Orleans Review, National Poetry Review, Marlboro Review, Mississippi Review, Atlanta Review and many others. He is the editor of the American Poetry Journal and the host of "Out of Our Minds" a weekly poetry program on public radio station KKUP that features many of America's best contemporary poets.

Table of Contents

Conflicts
Natural Enemies	p. 11
Election Season	p. 12
Jesus in America	p. 13
Cain in America	p. 14
After the Dawn of the Patriot Act	p. 16
The Garden of War	p. 17
Salvation Nation	p. 19
March	p. 20
Casida of the Mojave	p. 21
The Practice Horn	p. 22
Casida of Ryan Seacrest's Shiny New Coat	p. 23
Diorama	p. 24
My Yehiro	p. 25
Exit Strategies
Last Christmas	p. 28
Canaries	p. 29
Oral History	p. 30
The Patient	p. 31
Last Hour	p. 32
Chorale	p. 33
Elegy to the Living	p. 34
After the Diagnosis	p. 35
Departing Phoenix	p. 36
Accidental	p. 37
Eurydice Lost	p. 38
Orpheus the Thief	p. 39
Extra Innings	p. 40
Elysian Fields	p. 41
Armistice Days
The Arrogance of Finite Fauna	p. 45
Without End	p. 46
When We Are Stewards	p. 47
The February Horses	p. 48
Storm Watch with Cows	p. 49
Auricle	p. 50
Wintering	p. 51
Seen Through a Vase of Flowers	p. 52
The Weather, Like a Pop Song Stuck in the Mind	p. 53
Long Shadows at Play in the Field	p. 54
Coyote Star	p. 55
Wasp Hour	p. 56
Here, the Lily	p. 57
Believing in Fire	p. 58
The Dandelion as the Wise One on the Mountain	p. 59
Aftermaths
You and NotYou Drawing a Bath	p. 63
Paper Soul	p. 64
The Lost Lyre	p. 65
The Hidden Cells	p. 66
Sirens	p. 67
Medusa in Smallville	p. 68
Circe Waiting	p. 69
Dreaming Poetry of Hydrogen	p. 70
Woman and Window Light	p. 71
Casida of a Rising Woman	p. 72
The Cannonball	p. 73
More Than Sound	p. 76
Ulysses Takes the A-Train to Calypso's Apartment	p. 77
Persephone at the Farmers' Market	p. 78
Your Star Chart is Finite	p. 79
Against Against Metaphor	p. 80
Snow Globe Life	p. 81
Idol	p. 82
After Reading Your Letters	p. 83
Sonnet	p. 84
Birthday Note	p. 86
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