Poems of the River Spirit

by Guevara, Maurice Kilwein

• ISBN13: 9780822955917
• ISBN10: 0822955911
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-07-01
• Publisher: Univ of Pittsburgh Pr

Summary

The locales of these poems range from the mountains of western Pennsylvania to the Andes, the subjects from memories of Kilwein Guevara's native Colombia to a New York street scene. What characterizes all of them is precise and surprising language, a brilliance of effect, that establishes him as one of the most original young Americans poets.

Table of Contents

The River Spirits
``Think of me as a rat''	3	(1)
``In the blue and sleeping hours''	4	(1)
``By few accounts it was a jewelled lake that spring''	5	(1)
``Once when the Italian girl''	6	(1)
``So much snow falling suddenly''	7	(1)
``That dude named Homer Brown''	8	(2)
``Crude''	10	(1)
``Yes the bus will take you to Hazelwood''	11	(2)
``A lightning storm''	13	(1)
``She denied it to everyone''	14	(1)
``Warm winter''	15	(2)
``Last or next or first''	17	(1)
``TUKAJ POCIVA''	18	(5)
``One rat under the snow sleeps invisible''	23	(42)
The Neck of the Air
A Rhyme for Halloween	27	(1)
Long Distance	28	(1)
A Little Thing	29	(1)
When the Light Turned Red	30	(2)
U-turn	32	(1)
Dona Josefina Counsels Dona Concepcion Before Entering Sears	33	(1)
How Grammar School Is Changing	34	(1)
Once When I Was in the Eighth Grade	35	(1)
Dorothy, Dear	36	(1)
A City Prophet Talks to God on the 56C to Hazelwood	37	(1)
Beyond Kigali	38	(1)
The Miniaturist	39	(1)
The Hours of Our Dreaming	40	(1)
Inquiries	41	(1)
The Yellow Borges: An Answer to a Question	42	(1)
Make-up	43	(1)
The Story of Tapioca	44	(1)
How We Learn How Small Our Voice Is	45	(1)
Omens in a Small Town	46	(1)
Where Were You?	47	(1)
Ohiopyle Unrhymed	48	(3)
The Other World
Un poema de poca sangre	51	(1)
A Poem of Little Blood	52	(1)
To the Dead Farmer	53	(1)
The Straightest Branches	54	(1)
The Easter Revolt Painted on a Tablespoon	55	(1)
The Tower in the Clouds	56	(1)
At Twilight on the Road to Sogamoso	57	(1)
The Archivist of Shadows	58	(1)
In Narino Nakopemda Balahika Sings, Dances, and Answers the Many Questions of Her Cinnamon Daughter	59	(2)
I Sing on the Day of the Deceased	61	(2)
Homage to My Emerald Body	63	(1)
Homenaje a mi cuerpo de esmeralda	64	(1)
Acknowledgments	65