The Prayers of Others

by Keplinger, David

• ISBN13: 9781930974630
• ISBN10: 1930974639
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-09-30
• Publisher: New Issues Poetry & Prose

Summary

Keplinger's third book of poetry alters course from his usual style. The book is made up of linking prose poems, almost in series. They are rich with startling images, strange symbolism, and fantastic places and people.

Author Biography

David Keplinger directs the creative writing program at Colorado State University - Pueblo.

Table of Contents

I stood too close ...	p. 7
On the first ...	p. 8
Life on earth ...	p. 9
It was old ...	p. 10
Walking by myself ...	p. 11
Poems with exclamation points! ...	p. 12
I was a fabulous ...	p. 13
My father is ...	p. 14
This is a farce ...	p. 15
The clothesline ...	p. 16
Nixon peed all over ...	p. 17
The Sephardim knew ...	p. 18
Everywhere in Hell ...	p. 19
The little girl ...	p. 20
My father slammed ...	p. 21
Storms were passing over us ...	p. 22
There is the woman ...	p. 23
When I went ...	p. 24
The prisoner would jack ...	p. 25
I kept no dolls ...	p. 26
Milton, blind ...	p. 27
I watched a man ...	p. 28
Where I should ...	p. 29
Could this be Satan ...	p. 30
Time is moving ...	p. 31
My father climbed ...	p. 32
How many sparrows ...	p. 33
The old men at the Y ...	p. 34
Between the tenements ...	p. 35
Against the old- ...	p. 36
Don't leave me ...	p. 37
Having hidden so long ...	p. 38
Instead of rain ...	p. 39
The old men haven't changed ...	p. 40
We barely saw ...	p. 41
Here is the slag heap ...	p. 42
Every little classroom ...	p. 43
We stripped ...	p. 44
Every particle of matter ...	p. 45
A swimming competition ...	p. 46
Kepler knew ...	p. 47
He was trying to breed ...	p. 48
At the cornice ...	p. 49
The corpse in its beautiful clothes ...	p. 50
Adam's on the right ...	p. 51
Eve stands on the left ...	p. 52
Only the prayers ...	p. 53
Mother sang ...	p. 54
O dying-of-thirst nomad ...	p. 55
The cats of Rome ...	p. 56
A jar of peaches ...	p. 57
The most lovely ...	p. 58
Because he loves ...	p. 59
A red-winged ...	p. 60
Maria came back ...	p. 61
The ear's an earthy garden ...	p. 62
At exactly this ...	p. 63
The way it was done ...	p. 64
I am ...	p. 65
Venus is a ball ...	p. 66
My grandfather ...	p. 67
The hiddenness ...	p. 68
The only life ...	p. 69
He could see ...	p. 70
On our field trip ...	p. 71
After the rain ...	p. 72
In her hospital bed ...	p. 73
I've been to this station ...	p. 74
I made this ...	p. 75
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