Of Thee I Sing

by Liu, Timothy

• ISBN13: 9780820326009
• ISBN10: 0820326003
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-01
• Publisher: Univ of Georgia Pr

Summary

In his fifth book of poems, Timothy Liu addresses a tripartite "Thee": the Divine, the Beloved, and the State. A precarious dance between the spiritual and the material ensues, the lyric poem confronting a consumer culture overrun by rampant lust and greed yet finding itself unable to wholly stand outside of what it critiques. Any consolation found herein is short-lived. Even so, by extending the traditions of lyric poetry forward, these utterances seek to enlarge the conversation between art and life, anticipating whatever commerce the future might yet hold.

Author Biography

Timothy Liu is an associate professor of English at William Patterson University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Ars Poetica	p. 3
Duck Hunting	p. 4
Giacometti	p. 5
Triptych in Black Lipstick	p. 6
Last Day	p. 9
Nor'easter Forty Miles Offshore	p. 10
Full Fathom Five	p. 11
Watching the Battleship Potemkin	p. 12
Monologue with the Void	p. 13
Having Transcended the Cares of This World	p. 14
The Expulsion	p. 15
Sine Qua Non	p. 16
Archaic Torso	p. 17
Waking Up	p. 18
A Song of Experience	p. 19
Little Elegy in G Minor	p. 20
To Autumn	p. 21
Anthem for Doomed Youth	p. 22
Felix Culpa	p. 25
With Cherubim and a Flaming Sword	p. 26
A Blessing	p. 27
The Marriage	p. 28
The Assignation	p. 29
The Gates of Hell	p. 30
Sturm und Drang	p. 31
Hic et Nunc	p. 32
Just You Wait	p. 33
Il Trittico	p. 34
Tenderness in a Dark Age	p. 37
Anniversary	p. 38
F-Stop	p. 39
Getting There	p. 40
Bisexuality	p. 41
Noli Me Tangere	p. 42
The Marriage	p. 43
Golden Fleece	p. 44
Of Thee I Sing	p. 47
All Hallows	p. 48
Distant Laughter	p. 49
From Sea to Shining Sea	p. 50
At County General	p. 53
Songs We Know but Cannot Sing	p. 54
No Worse Off Than a Houseboy Unemployed	p. 55
Target	p. 56
Bleecker Street	p. 57
In Hot Pursuit	p. 58
A Crown	p. 59
La Divina	p. 60
Visiting My Mother's Grave	p. 61
Romance	p. 62
Woman with Dog, 1917	p. 63
Wake Me Up When the Real Opera Begins	p. 64
Like an Emperor Gored by a Papal Bull	p. 65
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