The Night Path

by Kutchins, Laurie

• ISBN13: 9781880238493
• ISBN10: 1880238497
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-08-01
• Publisher: Boa Editions

Summary

In poems that span the time from her son's fetal stages through the first year of life, Laurie Kutchin's, The Night Path, focuses on the genesis of life. These poems express the connection between the inner and outer worlds showing the reality that is around us and the transcendence that is possible with this awareness.

Author Biography

Laurie Kutchins is an Assistant Professor of English at James Madison University, and has spent the last two years as a visiting writer at the University of New Mexico teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in poetry.

Table of Contents

Prelude	p. 11
Afternoon Along the Firehole River	p. 15
Birthdream (1)	p. 17
Taurus	p. 18
September First	p. 19
My Father's Tumor	p. 20
Prayer	p. 22
I Wanted to Paint the Night	p. 25
Two Dreamers	p. 26
The Placenta	p. 33
The Sandhill Crane	p. 34
Moonflower	p. 36
Birthdream (2)	p. 37
Floating Poem: Manhattan Morning	p. 38
Lupine	p. 40
Heartbeat	p. 41
Mountain Nocturne	p. 42
First Summer	p. 43
Birthdream (3)	p. 45
Floating Poem: Manhattan, Midday	p. 49
Birthdream (4)	p. 51
Portrait of an Unfinished Self-Portrait	p. 52
Think	p. 53
Morning in the Boiling River	p. 55
The Amish Midwife	p. 57
New Moon, End of October	p. 58
November	p. 59
Birthdream (5)	p. 65
Venus	p. 66
Jenny Marie	p. 68
Summerless	p. 69
Floating Poem: Manhattan Night When I Loved Mr. Hoberman	p. 70
Milk	p. 71
Union	p. 73
Nightfall	p. 75
lullaby	p. 76
From A Little Handbook on Dreams	p. 77
Nightfall	p. 81
Acknowledgments	p. 83
About the Authors	p. 85
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