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9781401359263

Staying Alive

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    9781401359263

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    1401359264

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  • Copyright: 2003-04-02
  • Publisher: Miramax
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Summary

Staying Alive is an anthology of life-affirming poems fired by belief in the human and the spiritual at a time when much in the world feels unreal and inhuman. These are poems of great personal force connecting our aspirations with our humanity, helping us stay alive to the world and stay true to ourselves. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Wild Geesep. 5
Poets on poetryp. 18
Introductionp. 19
Body and soul
Livingp. 31
Orkney / This Lifep. 31
A Northern Morningp. 32
Happinessp. 33
My Father's Irish Settersp. 33
Touch Mep. 35
Homage to my hipsp. 36
Naked Visionp. 36
The Hugp. 37
The Hugp. 38
Chemin de Ferp. 39
He Sits Down on the Floor of a School for the Retardedp. 40
An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbowp. 41
Some Questions You Might Askp. 43
Encounterp. 44
from The Tenth Duino Elegyp. 44
Variation on a Theme by Rilkep. 45
from A Gilded Lapse of Timep. 46
Dark Angelp. 47
Temptationp. 48
Poppies in Octoberp. 48
"Eyesight of Wasps"p. 49
The Waspsp. 49
The Old Worldp. 50
Watering the Horsep. 50
Saint Animalp. 51
Jarrowp. 51
Where We Arep. 52
Roads
The Road Not Takenp. 55
The Bayp. 55
Tyranny of Choicep. 56
Not Waving but Drowningp. 57
Poemp. 57
Choosep. 58
Meeting in a Liftp. 58
"i thank You God for most this amazing"p. 58
Youp. 59
Beginp. 60
Entirelyp. 60
Integrityp. 61
The Bearp. 63
The Heavy Bear Who Goes With Mep. 66
from Dream Songsp. 67
from Some mangled Dream Songs for Henry ...p. 67
A Talep. 68
The doorp. 69
The door: anticipation of wisdomp. 70
Directivep. 71
The Road Homep. 72
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Eveningp. 73
Snowp. 74
Historyp. 74
Historyp. 75
Snowp. 75
That Silent Eveningp. 76
Above Pate Valleyp. 77
The Journeyp. 78
When You've Gotp. 79
Yesp. 80
Happinessp. 81
from Blossomsp. 81
Alonep. 82
Machinesp. 83
Traveling through the Darkp. 84
Penitencep. 85
Slow Animals Crossingp. 86
The Moosep. 87
Wife Hits Moosep. 92
Dead or alive
"To eat a pie and to have it..."p. 95
Trilliump. 95
"I saw the daughter of the sun..."p. 96
Stonepickerp. 97
The arrowp. 97
Be Not Too Hardp. 98
Modern Sorceryp. 99
Tonight of Yesterdayp. 99
Sonnetp. 100
Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy's Farm ...p. 100
Missing Datesp. 101
Villanellep. 101
Signsp. 102
from When One Has Lived a Long Time Alonep. 103
My Dark Fathersp. 103
Hoping It Might Be Sop. 104
In the Next Galaxyp. 105
Clear Nightp. 105
Defeatedp. 106
The Wakingp. 107
Miragesp. 107
How to kill a living thingp. 108
from Sublimationp. 109
Hawk's Shadowp. 111
The Wayp. 111
The way we livep. 112
Thingsp. 113
Warningp. 113
Thoughts After Ruskinp. 114
Themes for womenp. 115
What Every Woman Should Carryp. 116
Handbagp. 116
In Your Mindp. 117
Dolorp. 117
One Artp. 118
Lamiump. 119
A Glass of Waterp. 119
Sadnessp. 120
Sweetnessp. 121
The Executionp. 122
A Note Left in Jimmy Leonard's Shackp. 123
Epistle on suicidep. 124
Harold's Leapp. 124
Her Kindp. 125
Desdichadap. 126
Otherwisep. 127
My November Guestp. 128
She Dotesp. 128
The Cryp. 129
The Leaden-Eyedp. 130
And the Days Are Not Full Enoughp. 130
A Removal from Terry Streetp. 130
Bittersweet
from Ukulele Musicp. 133
The One Twenty Pubp. 134
Luck in Sarajevop. 135
All of These Peoplep. 136
Shirtp. 136
Waking This Morningp. 138
I Am a Cameramanp. 138
from The Wasting Gamep. 140
Brinkwomanshipp. 143
Herep. 144
The Unprofessionalsp. 144
Visiting Hourp. 145
from Changing the Subjectp. 145
The Shadep. 150
Past-Lives Therapyp. 151
Diving into the Wreckp. 152
April 5, 1974p. 154
Try to Praise the Mutilated Worldp. 155
Kissingp. 156
How my true love and I lay without touchingp. 156
"You idiot!..."p. 157
90 Northp. 158
Watching for Dolphinsp. 159
Goatp. 160
The Drainagep. 161
Three Ways of Recovering a Bodyp. 162
Bride and Groom Lie Hidden for Three Daysp. 163
Mushroomsp. 164
A Disused Shed in Co. Wexfordp. 166
Unwittinglyp. 167
Growing up
Being the third song of Uriasp. 171
White Asparagusp. 172
Ultrasoundp. 173
It's Good To Be Herep. 177
Safe periodp. 178
IVFp. 178
Miscarriagep. 180
Freightp. 181
First Birthp. 181
Her First Weekp. 182
The Spirit is too Blunt an Instrumentp. 183
Sonnet: How Life Too Is Sentimentalp. 184
Poem for a Daughterp. 184
Daughterp. 185
Beattie Is Threep. 186
from Heart's Needlep. 186
Supernatural Lovep. 191
Poem from a Three Year Oldp. 193
Cindersp. 194
A Sword in a Cloud of Lightp. 195
On the Back of a Photographp. 197
The Videop. 197
Young Girlsp. 197
A Puppy Called Pubertyp. 198
A Dog Called Elderlyp. 199
Cubap. 199
My Flup. 200
"We were so poor..."p. 201
Those Winter Sundaysp. 201
The Back Seat of My Mother's Carp. 202
Mirror Imagep. 203
Mirrorp. 203
Father's Old Blue Cardiganp. 204
This Be the Versep. 205
Possessionp. 205
A Night with Lionsp. 206
from A Part of Speechp. 207
Old Manp. 209
Thinking of the Lost Worldp. 211
Springfield, Virginiap. 213
Forgetfulnessp. 214
Forgetfulnessp. 214
Unknown Forbearp. 215
Quoofp. 216
Man and beast
Pigsp. 218
Experimental Animalsp. 218
Weaknessp. 219
Spiritual Chickensp. 220
The Heaven of Animalsp. 221
Sacrilegep. 222
Remembrance of Strange Hospitalityp. 223
Federal Casep. 224
Animalsp. 224
The stone curlewp. 225
My Life with Horsesp. 226
Switchp. 226
A Blessingp. 227
Horsep. 228
The Horsesp. 228
The Skunkp. 229
Considering the Snailp. 229
For a Five-Year-Oldp. 230
Full Moon and Little Friedap. 231
Birdsp. 231
The Troutp. 232
Night Toadp. 233
A Birdp. 233
They Feed They Lionp. 234
The Thought-Foxp. 235
Swans Matingp. 236
The Strange Casep. 236
Cowp. 237
Liesp. 238
Glow Wormp. 239
Salmonp. 240
Ants on the Melonp. 241
A Mosquitop. 242
Octopusp. 242
Fable of the mermaid and the drunksp. 243
The Mermaid Tankp. 243
The Loch Ness Monster's Songp. 244
The Death of the Loch Ness Monsterp. 245
Oystersp. 246
In and out of love
My Beloved Compares Herself to a Pint of Stoutp. 248
Finney's Barp. 249
Taking Off Emily Dickinson's Clothesp. 250
Canadian Love Songp. 251
Bitep. 252
Desire's a Desirep. 252
Raisin Pumpernickelp. 253
Love: Beginningsp. 254
The Honeycombp. 255
The Linen Industryp. 255
Last Nightp. 256
Definition of Your Attractionp. 257
The Cinnamon Peelerp. 257
True Lovep. 259
Lullabyp. 259
In Defence of Adulteryp. 261
The Did-You-Come-Yets of the Western Worldp. 261
The Mistressp. 263
Ecstasyp. 263
Zoology Is Destinyp. 264
Only if Love Should Pierce Youp. 265
Musep. 265
Lifep. 266
Distancesp. 267
"As our bloods separate"p. 268
Woman to Manp. 268
Snow Meltingp. 269
Augustp. 270
The Roomp. 274
Don't Let's Talk About Being in Lovep. 274
Being in Lovep. 275
Poem about heartbreak that go on and onp. 275
Bitchp. 276
Bitcherelp. 277
This Dead Relationshipp. 278
Each from Different Heightsp. 280
Badly-Chosen Loverp. 280
After the End of Itp. 281
Relationshipp. 282
Hesitate to Callp. 282
Lady of Miraclesp. 282
Advice to a Discarded Loverp. 283
The All Purpose Country and Western Self Pity Songp. 284
Becausep. 286
Crossp. 287
The Quarrelp. 288
And they were both rightp. 289
Betweenp. 290
When You Are Oldp. 290
Spellp. 291
Conchp. 291
"O tell me the truth about love"p. 292
Lightnessp. 293
In Paris with Youp. 294
My people
"The East-West border..."p. 297
My Peoplep. 297
Our Own Landp. 298
Countries and Explanationsp. 299
A Summer Morningp. 301
The Heronp. 302
The Doorp. 303
from Going Onp. 303
In Britainp. 304
from Evagatoryp. 305
Inniskeen Road: July Eveningp. 308
The Toome Roadp. 309
The Sightseersp. 309
Dream Avenuep. 310
Overheard in County Sligop. 310
Sadie and Maudp. 311
from To Elsiep. 312
American Sketchesp. 314
American Classicp. 315
Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohiop. 316
The Idea of Ancestryp. 317
from Paragraphsp. 318
I, Toop. 320
Mississippip. 320
from An Atlas of the Difficult Worldp. 321
The Blood Is Justifiedp. 322
The Path to the Milky Way Leads Through Los Angelesp. 324
The Dressp. 325
Reality U.S.A.p. 327
Americap. 330
Making America Strongp. 331
"'Next to of course god america i'"p. 332
The Disappearancesp. 332
They'll say, "She must be from another country"p. 334
In my countryp. 336
Modern Secretsp. 336
Emigrantsp. 337
from What the Light Teachesp. 337
My Faithful Mother Tonguep. 338
We Billion Cheeredp. 339
Waiting for the Barbariansp. 340
Gare du Midip. 342
The Coming of the Plaguep. 342
War and peace
War Poetryp. 345
Grassp. 345
The flyp. 346
Anthem for Doomed Youthp. 347
For Wilfred Owenp. 347
Everyone Sangp. 348
Returning, we hear the Larksp. 348
As the team's head brassp. 349
Ceasefirep. 350
The Bloomsday Murders, 16 June 1997p. 351
from The T.E. Lawrence Poemsp. 352
Vergissmeinnichtp. 354
September Songp. 355
There is no greater crime than leavingp. 355
September 1, 1939p. 356
On the Anniversary of Her Gracep. 359
Selective Servicep. 360
Cambodiap. 360
Ode for the American Dead in Asiap. 361
Facing Itp. 362
Phrase Bookp. 363
The Persian Versionp. 364
Every Dayp. 365
from Spain, take away this cup from mep. 366
The End and the Beginningp. 366
The People of the Other Villagep. 368
Disappearing acts
Rain--Birdoswaldp. 371
Bjorn Olinder's Picturesp. 371
Now Light Congealsp. 372
Psalmp. 372
Someonep. 373
Aubadep. 374
"Death does not come from outside..."p. 375
"Good creatures..."p. 376
Thrallp. 376
Bookends (I)p. 377
For My Motherp. 378
Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Nightp. 379
"Do not stand at my grave and weep"p. 379
Funeral Bluesp. 380
Death of an Irishwomanp. 381
Water-burnp. 381
The deadp. 382
Death's Secretp. 382
"Pity the drunks"p. 383
The Gas-pokerp. 383
On a Dark Nightp. 384
Four Yearsp. 385
Poemsp. 386
A Last Marriagep. 386
Curtainsp. 387
Metamorphosisp. 388
Sorting Throughp. 389
This Is What I Wanted to Sign Off Withp. 389
Wakep. 390
About Deathp. 390
The Vacuump. 391
Inside Our Dreamsp. 392
The Reassurancep. 392
Shep. 392
A Glimpse of Starlingsp. 393
Dead Womanp. 394
Yesp. 395
Closep. 395
Inscriptionp. 396
"Buffalo Bill's"p. 397
The Deadp. 397
Proofsp. 398
On Walking Backwardsp. 398
Cemetery Nightsp. 399
Father, Mother, Robert Henley who hanged himself in the ninth grade, et alp. 400
Resurrectionp. 400
Eden Rockp. 401
When I Diedp. 402
All Souls'p. 402
from Lessonsp. 403
Where Souls Gop. 405
The Wild Irisp. 406
Ophelia's Confessionp. 407
Antarcticap. 408
Why Brownlee Leftp. 408
Robinsonp. 409
Folderolp. 410
Tracksp. 410
Night and the Housep. 411
I Know a Manp. 411
Distant howlingp. 412
Me, the Earth, the Universe
Homage to Isaac Newtonp. 414
New Gravityp. 414
Morningp. 414
Making for Planet Alicep. 415
Brief reflection on accuracyp. 416
Zoom!p. 417
from Lighteningsp. 418
On the Uncountable Nature of Thingsp. 418
The Sun Underfoot among the Sundewsp. 420
"I stretch my arms"p. 421
A Downward Lookp. 421
I Am the Songp. 422
from Gamesp. 422
Earthp. 423
Wakingp. 423
Places We Lovep. 424
Moorlandp. 424
Three Ways of Looking at Godp. 425
The Avatarp. 426
Sacramentp. 426
Journey of the Magip. 427
The Snow Manp. 428
Sanctityp. 428
Via Negativap. 429
To the One Upstairsp. 429
Momentp. 430
El Hombrep. 430
Delayp. 431
Summer farmp. 431
Tinily a star goes downp. 432
Star Whisperp. 432
from Zero Gravityp. 433
Rentp. 434
Full Moonp. 435
Preparation for the Big Emptinessp. 435
The Shampoop. 436
Mountainsp. 437
The Other Side of the Mountainp. 437
The art of poetry
from Songs from Belowp. 440
Ars Poeticap. 441
The Beast in the Spacep. 442
An Exchange of Giftsp. 443
Note to the reader: this is not a poemp. 443
Meditation at Lagunitasp. 444
"Once I got a postcard..."p. 445
from March 1979p. 445
Animal Languagesp. 446
The story of a storyp. 446
Not Ideas about the Thing but the Thing Itselfp. 447
Detailp. 448
Op. 448
Eating Poetryp. 449
The Painter Dreaming in the Scholar's Housep. 450
Epiloguep. 453
Oatmealp. 454
Consider the Grass Growingp. 455
Notep. 455
Postscriptp. 456
Late Fragmentp. 456
The Sound of Poetryp. 458
Glossaryp. 464
Acknowledgmentsp. 471
Index of writersp. 481
Index of titles & first linesp. 487
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