The Old Woman, the Tulip, and the Dog
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The Old Woman, the Tulip, and the Dog

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Old Woman, the Tulip, and the Dog

About this book

This book by a major American poet is for poetry readers at all levels, academic and non-academic. It is a sequence of poems that will surprise and delight readers—in the voices of an old woman full of memories, a glamorous tulip, and an earthy dog who always has the last word.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. The Blessing of the Old Woman, the Tulip, and the Dog
  6. The Vow
  7. Deer Walk Upon Our Mountains
  8. Wrong About the Horse
  9. The Drink Triptych
  10. The Panel Discussion: How Mistaken Is Sophocles
  11. The Promise Triptych
  12. Song
  13. The Beautiful Morning Triptych
  14. The Wind That Blows Through Me
  15. What We Love
  16. Prayer
  17. April
  18. Soften and Melt
  19. In Every Life
  20. Try To
  21. The Fear Triptych
  22. Ridiculous
  23. The Outsiders
  24. Anger I: Gray Cement
  25. The Moment on Stage I
  26. Church
  27. The Synagogue of the Ear of Corn
  28. They Speak of Race
  29. Awakening
  30. I Want to Live
  31. What Is Now Seen Was Once Only Imagined
  32. Bright Star and Devil Moon
  33. Snow Day
  34. The Sorrow Triptych
  35. The Arts
  36. The Moment on Stage II
  37. Anger II: The Rape
  38. Liberty
  39. To a Pregnant Woman
  40. The Beginning of Time
  41. Sweet Chariot
  42. Brightness Falls from the Air
  43. In War Time
  44. Paw on Your Lap
  45. Many Lives
  46. Summertime
  47. Notes
  48. Acknowledgments