From whence : poems / Michael Chitwood.
| Author/creator | Chitwood, Michael |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, ©2007. |
| Description | x, 62 pages ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Chalk -- The garden -- Acolyte -- The drawing -- Music lesson -- Organist -- Duty and history -- Revival -- Science or history, I forget which -- Correspondence -- Grammar -- Assistant -- Basement barber -- Division -- The round, turning world -- Threshold -- The puzzles -- His gratitude -- Luke's mom -- Praise -- The one day -- Telling it -- The inheritance : a lamentation -- Good heart -- Skinning -- Check-up -- Morning walk, Holden Beach -- Quarters, dimes, nickels -- The seasons come and the seasons keep coming -- Virginia history -- At the Wilco with some founding fathers -- Talc like dust -- Men throwing bricks -- Easy street, continental homes, luck, the destination of southern conversation, and dust -- Dominion -- Oscillating fan -- The small-town voice of God -- After ice and snow -- Baptist -- The Wedding at Cana -- Out here -- Digging -- Getting turned around in point pleasant where the Kanawha and Ohio rivers converge -- Where we go when we die -- Live -- From whence. |
| Subject | The threshold--the moment when a situation or a person is transformed into something new, for either good or ill--is the central image of From Whence. In many of these lyric poems, the moment of change either is in sharp focus or is exerting its gravitational pull on the poem. |
| Genre/form | Poetry. |
| LCCN | 2006018259 |
| ISBN | 0807132241 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780807132241 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | NC Stacks | PS3553.H535 F76 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |