Miracle Fruit

by Nezhukumatathil, Aimee

• ISBN13: 9780971031081
• ISBN10: 0971031088
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Tupelo Pr

Summary

Poetry. As three worlds collide, a mother's Philippines, a father's India and the poet's contemporary America, the resulting impressions are chronicled in this collection of incisive and penetrating verse. The writer weaves her words carefully into a wise and affecting embroidery that celebrates the senses while remaining down-to-earth and genuine. "We see that everything is in fact miracle fruit, including this book itself"-Andrew Hudgins.

Table of Contents

One Bite
I Slice
Fishbone	3	(1)
Stealing Song	4	(1)
Ooty Lake	5	(1)
Wrap	6	(1)
Table Manners	7	(1)
Peacocks	8	(1)
Aanabhranbdhanmar Means `Mad About Elephants'	9	(1)
Gulabjamoon Jar	10	(1)
The Roling Saint	11	(1)
Swear Words	12	(1)
Hell Pig	13	(1)
The Purchase	14	(1)
Telling the Bees	15	(2)
Falling Thirds	17	(4)
II Juice
Suddenly as Anything	21	(1)
In Praise of Colophons	22	(1)
Winter Games	23	(1)
The Woman Who Turned Down a Date with a Cherry Farmer	24	(1)
Fruit Cocktail Tree	25	(1)
In the Potatoes	26	(1)
Confusions	27	(1)
Lewis and Clark Disagree	28	(1)
Cheese Curds, the First Time	29	(1)
Why I Am Not Afraid of King Cobras	30	(1)
I Come Back to Green	31	(1)
The Alligator	32	(1)
Crow Joy	33	(1)
The Woman Who Hates Frogs	34	(1)
Nest Shirt	35	(1)
213,466,917-1	36	(1)
Canticle with Sea Worm	37	(1)
Meditation on Flannel	38	(1)
Making Gyotaku	39	(1)
The Bonsai Master's Daughter Breaks Her Silence	40	(1)
Arachne	41	(1)
Little Houses	42	(5)
III Flesh
Speak	47	(1)
Cocoa Beach, Off-Season	48	(1)
Lagoon	49	(2)
Coco Cay	51	(1)
Joseph Sees Me Painting My Thumbs Blue	52	(1)
Good Blood	53	(1)
The Original William	54	(1)
Mr. Mustard's Dance Club: Ladies' Night	55	(1)
Blue Topaz	56	(1)
Small Murders	57	(1)
Betelgeuse	58	(1)
Eating Dust	59	(1)
Mouth Stories	60	(2)
Motorcycle	62	(1)
Late	63	(1)
What I Learned from The Incredible Hulk	64	(1)
Red Ghazal	65	(1)
Origin of the Milky Way	66	(1)
Fabric	67	(1)
Spices	68	(2)
Are You Making Dumb Cake?	70	(1)
Under Water, Behind Glass	71	(2)
My Name	73	(1)
Acknowledgments	74