May Out West

by Swenson, May

• ISBN13: 9780874212006
• ISBN10: 0874212006
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-02-01
• Publisher: Utah State Univ Pr

Summary

A postuhumous collection, first published in 1996, that takes the West as its focus and field. As the American West was a place of inspiration to May Swenson, and of origin, the book gathers her work about the region into a memorable and inspiring collection. May Swenson ranks among the foremost American poets of her time. During her long career, she was praised by writers from virtually every major school of poetry, and in the world of academics and publishers, her name was a household word. She left a legacy o fnearly fifty years of writing when she died in 1989.

Table of Contents

Above Bear Lake	p. 1
The Centaur	p. 2
Memory of the Future? Prophecy of the Past?	p. 5
Beast	p. 8
Something Goes By	p. 10
Haymaking	p. 12
White Mood	p. 14
Cumuli	p. 15
Earth Your Dancing Place	p. 16
The Seed of My Father	p. 18
I Look at My Hand	p. 20
That the Soul May Wax Plump	p. 22
Feel Me	p. 23
Goodnight	p. 25
Night Visits with the Family	p. 26
Summerfall	p. 29
Morning at Point Dume	p. 30
The Poplar's Shadow	p. 32
Bison Crossing Near Mt. Rushmore	p. 34
Speed	p. 35
Overview	p. 36
A Navajo Blanket	p. 38
The North Rim	p. 39
Camping in Madera Canyon	p. 42
Bronco Busting, Event #1	p. 44
Saguaros above Tucson	p. 45
Digging in the Garden of Age I Uncover a Live Root	p. 47
My Face the Night	p. 48
Nightly Vision	p. 49
Night Visits with the Family II	p. 50
My Name Was Called	p. 53
A Day Is Laid By	p. 55
Flying Home from Utah	p. 56
The Exchange	p. 58
Index of Dates	p. 60
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