Pursuit : Poems

by Funkhouser, Erica

• ISBN13: 9780618381876
• ISBN10: 0618381872
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-02-17
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Summary

Erica Funkhouser's poetry finds in the natural world a leaping-off point for all types of human inquiry: physical, intellectual, and spiritual. Her fourth collection, Pursuit, gives us poems devoted to the details of living, poems that illustrate how a domestic moment may turn suddenly erotic or how a wave of grief may open inexplicably into triumph. Whether driven by elemental need or sublime desire, the inhabitants of these thought-provoking poems engage in seeking of every kind.

Author Biography

Erica Funkhouser is the author of four previous books of poems, including Pursuit and The Actual World. She is a lecturer in the department of writing and humanistic studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and lives in Essex, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Here	p. 3
Among Lilies	p. 4
Mole	p. 6
Harvest Mouse	p. 8
Tenderness	p. 9
When She Lies Down at Night	p. 10
The Chronicle of the Turkey	p. 11
Passage	p. 14
Mydas Fly	p. 16
Woodcock	p. 18
Quince	p. 20
Generatrix	p. 22
Low Tide	p. 24
Possession	p. 25
Mailbox	p. 28
Collecting Hair	p. 30
Turning Point	p. 32
My Father's Lunch	p. 35
To the Animal in the Hole	p. 39
Still Life with Pewter Pitcher	p. 49
Love Poem with Harbor View	p. 51
Proof	p. 54
Tundra	p. 56
The Marvels of Insect Life	p. 57
Cafe de Sol	p. 61
The Seven Friendships	p. 62
Cataract Canyon	p. 66
First Apartment	p. 74
Oasis	p. 79
Casualty	p. 83
Notes	p. 88
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