Light Years : New and Selected Poems

by Stuart, Dabney

• ISBN13: 9780807118993
• ISBN10: 0807118990
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-11-01
• Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr

Summary

The evasive and unsettling nature of family relationships threads consistently through the poems collected in Light years; the poet uncovers deepening emotional and psychological complexities.

Table of Contents

A Prayer	p. 3
The Warehouse Chute	p. 4
The Soup Jar	p. 6
People Asleep	p. 7
Ties	p. 8
A Garland for Marshall	p. 9
The Widow	p. 12
A Gesture	p. 14
Taking Sides	p. 15
The River	p. 16
Two for Wynne	p. 18
Canned Goods	p. 20
Fireworks	p. 21
Flatfish	p. 22
Spring Song	p. 25
The Charles River	p. 26
Sunburst	p. 30
Sticks and Stones	p. 31
Two for My Daughter	p. 34
The Student	p. 36
The Leaf Eater	p. 37
We Never Close	p. 38
Goshen Pass: Winter	p. 39
Hunter, Prey	p. 41
The Return	p. 42
Love Song	p. 43
High Wire	p. 44
Keeping Clear	p. 47
Sexual Disappointments	p. 48
Urban Hunting Scenes	p. 50
Speakers from the Vietnam War	p. 51
The Real World	p. 53
Deer	p. 55
The Elect	p. 56
Mystic	p. 57
Nomads	p. 58
Major Work	p. 59
The Barker	p. 63
The Midget	p. 64
The Ballad of the Three Birds	p. 66
The Hermaphrodite	p. 68
The Ballad of the Scarecrow	p. 69
Songs for Champagne Saturday	p. 73
Turntables	p. 77
That'll Be the Day	p. 78
Begging on North Main	p. 81
Killdeer	p. 82
Elegies for Walker Dabney Stuart, Jr. 1901-1971	p. 83
Snorkeling in the Caribbean	p. 88
An Interlude at the Grand Hotel	p. 90
No Yellow Jackets on the Mountain	p. 92
Sharp Words in the Men's Room	p. 94
Finding One of the Ghosts	p. 97
Common Ground	p. 99
The Birds	p. 103
The Girl of My Dreams	p. 108
Casting	p. 109
Once More for My Lady	p. 114
Taking the Wheel	p. 120
Don't Look Back	p. 124
The Girl of My Dreams Is Dying	p. 126
The Opposite Field	p. 127
Discovering My Daughter	p. 132
This Is No Dream. This Is My Life	p. 133
The Long Goodbye	p. 139
Gospel Singer	p. 140
Audition	p. 142
The Next Step	p. 144
The Cabbage in History	p. 146
The Hospital of Lies	p. 148
Narcissus Dreaming	p. 151
The Harpist's Dream	p. 153
Umpire	p. 155
My Hostess at the Renovated Inn	p. 157
My Children Going	p. 159
Hidden Meanings	p. 162
Dressing	p. 163
I Can't Live Without You	p. 164
Percussion	p. 167
The Water's Fine, I'm Fine	p. 168
The Executive Discovers Poetry	p. 170
Timeshare	p. 171
The Funeral	p. 175
Tending	p. 177
Coming To	p. 179
Love Poems	p. 181
Fence	p. 182
His Granddaughter Arrives	p. 183
Commencement	p. 184
Presence	p. 185
Leavetaking	p. 186
Love's Body	p. 188
The Writing Machine	p. 190
Light Years	p. 191
Sleepwalker	p. 193
Spell	p. 194
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