The Opposite Of Clairvoyance

by Wegener, Gillian

• ISBN13: 9780976764274
• ISBN10: 097676427X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-03-01
• Publisher: Small Pr Distribution

Summary

Poetry. Gillian Wegener's first full-length book of poetry, THE OPPOSITE OF CLAIRVOYANCE, delves deeply and tenderly into the territory of the everyday. With an eye tuned to the most delicate of details, she creates a world where the call of an unseen bird is as rich with meaning as the metallic crunch of an auto accident. Set against the background of California's Central Valley, this book of imagistic and thoughtful poems leads us to an often elusive realization: that home can be found in unexpected places. "In a characteristically authentic poem, Gillian Wegener gives us the soul masquerading as a butterfly. 'Attaching the wings is the easy part,' she begins, preparing us for flight that takes different shapes in poem after poem. Whatever her subject--the natural world animated again and again by birds--or daily human settings--Wegener soars, delivering beautiful, heartfelt vistas with her sure knowing sight"--Barbara Ras.

Table of Contents

The Opposite of Clairvoyance	p. 13
Listen--	p. 15
In a Rapidly Expanding City	p. 16
February	p. 18
Phone Call at the Dissolution of a Marriage	p. 19
Eight Qualifications to the Idea of Individuality	p. 20
After bringing out some coffee	p. 22
Faith, Perhaps	p. 23
Meadowlark	p. 24
The Strip Joint Is Open All Week	p. 25
Aviary	p. 26
Reflection	p. 27
February's Birds	p. 29
January's Poem	p. 30
Idaho Highway	p. 31
I Start Again with the Smallest Details	p. 35
Point of Departure	p. 37
Phone Call with Little Purpose	p. 39
Dreaming of You	p. 40
A Poem in Which I Contradict Myself	p. 41
On Hearing the Missing Writer's Been Found	p. 42
Scene at the Kabul Zoo	p. 43
Mud Slide. Acapulco,1997	p. 44
[Exit, Pursued by a Bear]	p. 45
Funderwoods	p. 49
The Sign Reads...	p. 50
Scene on Highway 99	p. 52
Postcard from Jane	p. 53
Coffee Break	p. 54
Scheveningen	p. 56
The Soul, Feeling Expansive, Masquerades as a Butterfly	p. 57
Song	p. 58
Growing Season	p. 59
Bugle Air	p. 60
Observance	p. 61
Fine China, San Juan Bautista	p. 62
Sixteen Flowers	p. 64
Another Apocalyptic Sign	p. 59
Still Life with Phone and Prayer	p. 70
Poem for the Insects	p. 71
There's nothing beautiful about Los Angeles	p. 72
Sidelines	p. 73
Scene with Hawk and Squirrels	p. 74
Smoots & Dooley Architectural Salvage	p. 76
After she says she's never been in love, she says	p. 77
This Morning the World Is Populated
Primarily by Birds	p. 78
City of Richmond	p. 80
The Lord God Bird	p. 81
Park Scene	p. 83
Persimmon Tree	p. 84
Magda Tells a Story	p. 85
Perspective	p. 86
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