Still Life with Waterfall Poems

by Grennan, Eamon

• ISBN13: 9781555973636
• ISBN10: 1555973639
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: Graywolf Press

Summary

Whether attending to a painting, a moment of love, or a hawk hunting over marshland, Eamon Grennan, in the words of the poet and critic Cal Bedient, "presents the commonplace in so luminous a spirit that it spreads meaning, by analogy, into our own lives." In this bold collection, Grennan widens his poetic gaze on the natural world and brings sharp focus to moments of intimacy, capturing in fresh verse the age-old connections between lovers.

Author Biography

Eamon Grennan is an Irish citizen who has lived in the US for over thirty years. He teaches English at Vassar College and Irish Studies at Villanova University. He has published several books of poems, essays, and translations.

Table of Contents

At Work	p. 3
Shock Waves	p. 4
Agnostic Smoke	p. 5
Cold Morning	p. 6
Grid	p. 7
Up Against It	p. 8
Bonnard's Reflection	p. 9
Wind Chimes	p. 10
Gift	p. 12
Rainbow Skirt	p. 13
Why?	p. 14
Pulse	p. 15
Man Making the Bed	p. 16
Dinner Hour, December	p. 18
Fallen Branches	p. 19
To Grasp the Nettle	p. 20
Ash	p. 21
Silence	p. 22
In the Dunes	p. 23
Bite Marks	p. 24
Amputation	p. 25
Current Events	p. 26
Design	p. 27
Putting on Rings	p. 28
Butterfly, Breath, Small Birds	p. 31
Eye Trouble	p. 32
Sitter, Renvyle	p. 33
Killing the Bees	p. 35
Windowgrave	p. 36
Caterpillar and Dancing Child	p. 37
Vermeer, My Mother, and Me	p. 39
Enough	p. 41
White Water	p. 42
After Rain	p. 43
Signs	p. 44
Palpitations	p. 47
Bonnard's Mirror	p. 48
Near Dawn	p. 50
Anti-Psalm	p. 51
Vespers	p. 52
Full Moon	p. 54
Shepherd to the Wind	p. 55
Aubade	p. 56
Afterweather	p. 57
Encounter	p. 59
Landscape with Teeth	p. 60
Painter's Diary	p. 61
Claim	p. 62
Hare	p. 64
With Skeleton and Shoes	p. 65
Country Road	p. 66
Detail	p. 67
Notes	p. 69
Acknowledgments	p. 71
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