Sound(System)

by Ratcliffe, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9781931243353
• ISBN10: 1931243352
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist

Summary

This new collection of poetry explores the phenomena of poetic sound, of the sounds we hear, those we don't, the meanings that those sounds do or do not convey and the lyricism of poetry, where what he hear is often blurred, misunderstood, confused-all of which, as in our everyday experience, creates significance and an impression of meaning or absence. Stephen Ratcliffe lives in Oakland, California, where he teaches at Mills College.

Table of Contents

Knowledge	p. 15
Delay	p. 16
Volume	p. 17
Novel	p. 18
Portrait	p. 19
Delay	p. 20
Measure	p. 21
Landscape	p. 22
L	p. 23
M	p. 24
M	p. 25
Language	p. 26
Evidence	p. 27
7th	p. 28
(Twelve)	p. 29
9th	p. 30
Second	p. 31
9th	p. 32
Appendage	p. 33
Exhibit	p. 34
Correspondence	p. 35
Denoument	p. 36
Passion	p. 37
Fiction	p. 38
Belief	p. 39
Violence	p. 40
Rhythm	p. 41
Position	p. 42
System	p. 43
Confinement	p. 44
Assumption	p. 45
Reverse	p. 46
Measure	p. 47
Figure	p. 48
M	p. 49
C	p. 50
D	p. 51
(O)	p. 52
P	p. 53
Echo	p. 54
Position	p. 55
Position	p. 56
Echo	p. 57
Mouth	p. 58
Mouth	p. 59
Mouth	p. 60
Mouth	p. 61
C	p. 62
D	p. 63
(C)	p. 64
D	p. 65
D	p. 67
E	p. 68
F	p. 69
Sequence	p. 70
Research	p. 71
Interval	p. 72
K	p. 73
L	p. 74
M	p. 75
Position	p. 76
Genre	p. 77
Smoke	p. 78
Condition	p. 79
Light	p. 80
Form	p. 81
Sound	p. 82
Volume	p. 83
Echo	p. 84
Echo	p. 85
Interval	p. 86
Profile	p. 87
Sign	p. 88
(Quotation)	p. 89
(Repetition)	p. 90
Fiction	p. 91
Elsewhere	p. 92
(Interval)	p. 93
(A)	p. 94
A	p. 95
L	p. 96
M	p. 97
Elsewhere	p. 98
Distance	p. 99
Form	p. 100
Meaning	p. 101
[N]	p. 102
M	p. 103
M	p. 104
(N)	p. 105
(O)	p. 106
P	p. 107
P	p. 108
One	p. 109
Elsewhere	p. 110
(One)	p. 111
Second	p. 112
Surface	p. 113
Five	p. 114
Circle	p. 115
Sequence	p. 116
Material	p. 117
Sphere	p. 118
(Finish)	p. 119
A	p. 120
[A]	p. 121
(A)	p. 122
Analysis	p. 123
[A]	p. 124
A	p. 125
Difference	p. 126
Piano	p. 127
(Lacunae)	p. 128
Limit	p. 129
Frame	p. 130
(Amp)	p. 131
Conscience	p. 132
Speaker	p. 133
Private	p. 134
Sequence	p. 135
System	p. 136
Desire	p. 137
Subject	p. 138
Nerve	p. 139
Pace	p. 140
Enigma	p. 141
Entr Act	p. 142
(Simultaneous)	p. 143
Pressure	p. 144
Alternative	p. 145
Story	p. 146
Omission	p. 147
Fiction	p. 148
Paradise	p. 149
Sentiment	p. 150
N	p. 151
Pause	p. 152
Act	p. 153
M	p. 154
--N	p. 155
(Aside)	p. 156
Theory	p. 157
Proportion	p. 158
(Idea)	p. 159
Series	p. 160
Name	p. 161
Plus	p. 162
Intercept	p. 163
Preface	p. 164
Premise	p. 165
Scene	p. 166
Phrase	p. 167
Picture	p. 168
Morphia	p. 169
(Gender)	p. 170
Tone	p. 171
Memory	p. 172
Present	p. 173
Silence	p. 174
Content	p. 175
Pseudonym	p. 176
Private	p. 177
(L)	p. 178
L	p. 179
Elsewhere	p. 180
Private	p. 181
(K)	p. 182
K	p. 183
(L)	p. 184
--L	p. 185
M	p. 186
Silence	p. 187
Volume	p. 188
Sequel	p. 189
5th	p. 190
Knowledge	p. 191
Comedy	p. 192
Eroticism	p. 193
Position	p. 194
(Private)	p. 195
I	p. 196
Climate	p. 197
Pace	p. 198
Chapter	p. 199
Sentence	p. 200
Sound	p. 201
Exhibit	p. 202
Continuity	p. 203
Tableau	p. 204
Coherence	p. 205
Scale	p. 206
Smoke	p. 207
Fusion	p. 208
Accident	p. 209
--T	p. 210
T	p. 211
(A)	p. 212
Ratio	p. 213
Meaning	p. 214
Passage	p. 215
Context	p. 216
Content	p. 217
"M"	p. 218
[Research]	p. 219
Friction	p. 220
Nomen	p. 221
Space	p. 222
Delay	p. 223
Anxiety	p. 224
(Anxiety)	p. 225
Anxiety	p. 226
[M]	p. 227
M	p. 228
Element	p. 229
Condition	p. 230
Fiction	p. 231
Fog	p. 232
Act	p. 233
(Touch)	p. 234
Presence	p. 235
C	p. 236
C	p. 237
Accent	p. 238
Crescendo	p. 239
Intercourse	p. 240
Hemorrhage	p. 241
Knowledge	p. 242
Concept	p. 243
Arithmetic	p. 244
Quantum	p. 245
Influence	p. 246
Tension	p. 247
Subiect	p. 248
Sign	p. 249
Motion	p. 250
Fcho	p. 251
Representation	p. 252
Closure	p. 253
Knowledge	p. 254
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