Goldsmith Market

by Ursu, Liliana; Cotter, Sean

• ISBN13: 9780939010790
• ISBN10: 0939010798
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-01
• Publisher: Zephyr Pr

Summary

." . . full of known earthly places like the Sahara, 'Old Russia, ' and Heathrow Airport, jumbled together like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle map of the world. Art, artifacts, things, and people partake of each other's humanity and objecthood. Yet there is nothing of the dispassionate butterfly-pinner about: these objects are sympathetically alive, parts of an encompassing order, like Marianne Moore's 'Nine Nectarines' . . . these poems are unlike any I've ever read: deep, beautiful, and laugh-out-loud funny."--John AshberyChris Edgar's work has appeared in "Best American Poetry 2000 "and "2001," "Boston Review, Fence, Mississippi Review, Shiny," and "The Germ." Edgar won the 2000 "Boston Review "Poetry Prize, and he is the author of "Cheap Day Return "(illustrations by Trevor Winkfield; The Cube Press, 2002).

Table of Contents

TRANSLATORS PREFACE	xii
PORTRET	2	(2)
PORTRAIT
POVESTIRE IN OGLINDA	4	(2)
STORY IN THE MIRROR
FATA IN FATA CU REALITATEA	6	(2)
FACE TO FACE WITH REALITY
O ZI DE IARNA	8	(2)
A DAY IN WINTER
VIEUX JEU	10	(2)
VIEUX JEU
ESANTION	12	(2)
SAMPLE
POEM PENTRU O FRUNZA CE-A PRINS RADACINI	14	(2)
POEM FOR A LEAF THAT SPROUTED ROOTS
CIRCUIT	16	(2)
CIRCUIT
JOCUL OGLINZILOR	18	(2)
MIRROR GAMES
OCHIUL LUI LYNCEUS	20	(2)
THE EYE OF LYNCEUS
INSTANTANEU DIN SUBTERANA	22	(2)
A MOMENT BELOW GROUND
IN ZORI	24	(2)
DAYBREAK
POPAS	26	(2)
A STOP
CAMERAS DE HOTEL	28	(2)
HOTEL ROOM
CEA MAI FRUMOASA SIRENA	30	(2)
THE MOST BEGUILING SIREN
INSTANTANEU	32	(2)
SNAPSHOT
INSTANTANEU	34	(2)
SNAPSHOT
NOCTURNA	36	(2)
NOCTURNE
CAPCANE	38	(2)
TRAPS
AUTUMNALA	40	(2)
AUTUMN
GHINDA SI SOMNUL	42	(2)
ACORN AND SLEEP
CIRESE DE COMAINC	44	(2)
HERMITAGE CHERRIES
TABLOURI IN MISCARE	46	(4)
TABLEAUX IN MOTION
STUDIU	50	(2)
SKETCH
O INTAMPLARE MARUNTA	52	(2)
AN UNIMPORTANT MOMENT
PLOUA SI DINSPRE FLORDURI VINE MIROS TANDRU, DE MURE	54	(2)
RAIN, AND FROM THE FJORDS COMES THE SCENT OF BLACKBERRIES
SOLIDARITATEA NOPTII	56	(2)
NOCTURNAL SOLIDARITY
CALATORIE	58	(2)
JOURNEY
DARUL	60	(2)
THE GIFT
SINGURATATE CU SPECTATORI	62	(2)
ALONE WITH SPECTATORS
ULTIMA NOAPTE DIN AN	64	(2)
THE LAST NIGHT OF THE YEAR
INSTANTANEU	66	(2)
SNAPSHOT
ODIHNA PEOTULUI	68	(4)
THE POET RESTS
False peisaje
False Landscapes
CANTECUL IMBLAZITORULUI DE SERPI	72	(2)
THE SONG OF THE SNAKE CHARMER
REPERE	74	(2)
LANDMARKS
PLOUA DE LA SEINA	76	(2)
RAIN IN SEINA
ATERIZARE FORTATA	78	(2)
CRASH LANDING
INCURIUSUNE ARHEOLOGICA	80	(2)
ARCHEOLOGICAL INCURSION
CELOR NEMURITORI LE RAD IN FATA	82	(2)
I LAUGH AT THE IMMORTALS
IN CASA UNDE HIACINTUL INFLORESTE O DOUA OARA	84	(2)
IN THE HOUSE WHERE THE HYACINTH BLOOMS TWICE
IN LESBOS MASLINII AU INFLORIT	86	(2)
THE OLIVES HAVE BLOSSOMED ON LESBOS
CANTEC PENTRU VANZATORUL DE PIPER	88	(2)
SONG FOR THE SPICE SELLER
STRADA MONETARIEI NR. 5	90	(2)
#5 MINT STREET
DIN ISTORIA SECETA A ASTRONOMILOR	92	(2)
FROM THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE ASTRONOMERS
LA PERUGIA S-A MAI SINGUCIS UN ARTIST	94	(2)
IN PERUGIA, ANOTHER ARTIST HAS COMMITTED SUICIDE
ALT EXERCITIU DE ECHILIBRU	96	(2)
ANOTHER BALANCING ACT
SUNT IN FIODUL ABIA INVERZIT	98	(2)
IN THE FJORD, IN THE BLOOM
ALAIUL	100	(2)
THE PROCESSION
ECHILIBRU TARZIU	102	(2)
BALANCE AT LAST
CANTEC	104	(4)
SONG
Piata Aurarilor
Goldsmith Market
PIATA AURARILOR	108	(2)
GOLDSMITH MARKET
BIOGRAFIE	110	(2)
BIOGRAPHY
FLORI DE RUG	112	(2)
FLOWERS FOR THE PYRE
IMPARTIREA FOCULUI	114	(2)
THE FIRE RITUAL
DIN VIATA DE ARTIST	116	(2)
FROM THE LIFE OF AN ARTIST
MARTI	118	(2)
TUESDAY
NEGUTATORUL DE RAME SI OGLINZI	120	(2)
MERCHANT OF FRAMES AND MIRRORS
DEZMORTIRE	122	(2)
TO REVIVE A LIMB GONE NUMB
VINERI	124	(2)
FRIDAY
(AH, DE-AS PUTEA SALVA MACAR)	126	(2)
(OH, JUST TO SALVAGE)
VREMEA MIERLEI	128	(2)
THE AGE OF THE BLACKBIRD
CANTEC	130	(2)
SONG
VOCATIE	132	(2)
VOCATION
INSIRUIREA OBIECTELOR	134	(2)
THE LINE
STIL CE VAD EU ACUM?	136	(2)
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I SEE NOW?
IN NOPTILE CAND SANGELE E UN TRIST PROMONTORIU	138	(2)
IN THE NIGHT WHEN BLOOD IS A DESOLATE BEACH
POEM PENTRU FLOAREA DE VANILIE	140	(2)
POEM FOR THE VANILLA BLOSSOM
SALONUL DE IARNA	142	(2)
THE WINTER SALON
LECTIA DE VANATOARE	144	(2)
THE HUNTING LESSON
INITIA ASTRONOMICA	146	(2)
INITIATION IN ASTRONOMY
COPILA ATHENEI	148	(2)
DAUGHTER OF ATHENA
CANTEC RUBINIU	150	(2)
RUBY SONG
ADRESA	152	(2)
ADDRESS
DRUMUL SPRE TURN	154	(2)
TO THE TOWER
CANTEC	156	(2)
SONG
I APLILIE	158	(2)
I MARCH
VIS DE IARNA	160	(2)
WINTER DREAM
DIN SALBATICIE	162	(2)
FROM THE WILD
VPSESTE-TI SANGELE	164	(2)
PAINT YOUR BLOOD
PEISAJ CU POET	166	(2)
SCENE WITH POET
MICROGHID COSMIC	168	(2)
COSMIC MICROGUIDE
FUGA PENTRU O ORGA PARASITA	170	(2)
FUGUE FOR AN ABANDONED ORGAN
REVELATIE	172	(2)
REVELATION
DINTR-UN TABLOU CU TARMURI INGHETETE	174	(2)
INTO A PAINTING WITH FROZEN BORDERS
UMBRE	176	(2)
SHADOWS
POEM CU GRIFON, STIUCA SI PAUNI	178	(2)
POEM WITH GRIFFIN, PIKE AND PEACOCK
IN BURGUL DE ODINIOARA	180	(2)
IN THE TOWN THAT WAS
URME	182	(2)
TRACES
FLUVIUL ASTRAL	184
ASTRAL STREAM