The Niche Narrows

by Menashe, Samuel

• ISBN13: 9781584980124
• ISBN10: 1584980125
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: Talisman House Pub

Summary

Poetry. Menashe has devoted his entire poetic career (beginning with the publication of his first book, The Many Named Beloved, in 1961) to perfecting the short poem -- not the conventional short poem of 20 to 40 lines beloved of magazine editors, but the very short poem. As anyone surveying his COLLECTED POEMS (1986) will discover, few of his poems are longer than 10 lines. Stephen Spender notes that Menashe compresses thought into language intense and clear as diamonds.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Dana Gioia
Roads run forever	1	(1)
Warrior Wisdom	2	(1)
All my friends are homeless	3	(1)
November	4	(1)
Winter	5	(1)
The Dead of Winter	6	(1)
Downpour	7	(1)
April	8	(1)
April (Fool)	8	(1)
Sudden Shadow	9	(1)
She who saw the moon last night	10	(1)
The Moment of Your Death	11	(1)
The Bare Tree	12	(2)
My Mother's Grave	14	(1)
The Host	15	(1)
Landmark	16	(1)
Grief	17	(1)
Family Plot	18	(1)
Awakening from Dreams	19	(1)
O Lady lonely as a stone	20	(1)
The friends of my father	21	(1)
Always	22	(1)
Full Fathom Five	23	(1)
Descent	24	(1)
Memento Mori	25	(1)
Nightfall, Morning	26	(1)
Forever and a Day	27	(1)
Self Employed	28	(1)
The Oracle	29	(1)
Curriculum Vitae	30	(1)
In My Digs	31	(1)
At a Standstill	32	(1)
Tenement Spring	33	(1)
On the Level	34	(1)
A pot poured out	35	(1)
Old Mirror	36	(1)
Off the Wall	37	(1)
Pity us	38	(1)
At Millay's Grave	39	(1)
Take any man	40	(1)
Telescoped	41	(1)
Enlightenment	42	(1)
O Many Named Beloved	43	(1)
Paradise--After Giovanni di Paolo	44	(1)
Shade	45	(1)
Just now	46	(1)
Gray Boulder	47	(1)
Adam Means Earth	48	(1)
Reeds rise from water	49	(1)
Manna	50	(1)
Paschal Wilderness	51	(1)
Stone would be water	52	(1)
Promised Land	53	(1)
If I were as lean as I feel	54	(1)
The Shrine Whose Shape I Am	55	(1)
As the tall, turbaned	56	(1)
Old as the Hills	57	(1)
Dusk	58	(1)
Night Walk	59	(1)
The Scrutiny	60	(1)
Rural Sunrise	61	(1)
Waterfall	62	(1)
A flock of little boats	63	(1)
Twilight	64	(1)
Eaves at dusk	65	(1)
Star-crossed	66	(1)
Solitude	67	(1)
Western Wind	68	(1)
Dreaming	69	(1)
The Sandpiper	70	(1)
On my Birthday	71	(1)
Sketches: By the Sea	72	(2)
Dominion	74	(1)
So they stood	75	(1)
Le Lac Secret	76	(1)
Survival	77	(1)
Walking Stick	78	(1)
To Open	79	(1)
Scissors	80	(1)
Spur of the Moment	81	(1)
Simon Says	82	(1)
Using the window ledge	83	(1)
The Annunciation	84	(1)
Night Music	85	(1)
Family Silver	86	(1)
Improvidence	87	(1)
Salt and Pepper	88	(1)
Infant, Old Man	89	(1)
Pirate	90	(1)
Cargo	91	(1)
Voyage	92	(1)
Sheen	93	(1)
At Cross Purposes	94	(2)
Fire Dance	96	(1)
Transplant	97	(1)
The Living End	98	(1)
Night Watch	99	(1)
Sleep	100	(1)
Dreams	101	(1)
Home Movie	102	(1)
Inklings	103	(1)
What to Expect	104	(1)
The Visitation	105	(1)
Red Glints in Black Hair	106	(1)
A Bronze Head	107	(1)
Anonymous	108	(1)
Eyes	109	(1)
Sheep Meadow	110	(1)
Sunset, Central Park	111	(1)
Autumn	112	(1)
Awakening	113	(1)
Someone Walked Over
My Grave	114	(1)
The Niche	115	(1)
Hallelujah	116	(1)
The Spright of Delight	117	(1)
A	118