Bright dead things : poems / by Ada Limón.

Author/creator Limón, Ada author.
Format Book
EditionFirst edition.
PublicationMinneapolis, Minnesota : Milkweed Editions, 2015.
Copyright Date©2015
Description105 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects

Uniform titlePoems. Selections
Contents How to triumph like a girl -- During the impossible age of everyone -- The last move -- Mowing -- The rewilding -- The good wave -- Down here -- How far away we are -- The quiet machine -- I remember the carrots -- The tree of fire -- Someplace like Montana -- State bird -- Downhearted -- Miracle fish -- The saving tree -- What it looks like to us and the words we use -- Bellow -- What remains grows ravenous -- In a Mexican restaurant I recall how much you upset me -- Cower -- Relentless -- The riveter -- The vine -- After you toss around the ashes -- The noisiness of sleep -- We are surprised -- The long ride -- Before -- Torn -- Field bling -- In the country of resurrection -- Glow -- The wild divine -- Day of song, day of silence -- Oranges & the ocean -- Play it again -- Long ago & the cow comes back -- Accident report in the tall, tall weeds -- Service -- The plunge -- The good fight -- Drift -- Midnight, talking about our exes -- Nashville after hours -- Oh please, let it be lightning -- Adaptation -- Roadside attractions with the dogs of America -- Prickly pear & fisticuffs -- The whale & the waltz inside of it -- A trick of the light -- Tattoo theory -- The problem with travel -- Outside Oklahoma, we see Boston -- The great blue heron of Dunbar Road -- Lies about sea creatures -- Call to post -- Lashed to the helm, all stiff and stark -- Home fires -- After the ice storm -- The other wish -- The conditional.
Abstract "Bright Dead Things' examines the chaos that is life, the dangerous thrill of living in a world you know you have to leave one day, and the search to find something that is ultimately disorderly, and marvelous, and ours"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 103-105).
Awards noteNational Book award finalist.
Awards noteJan Michalski Prize First selection, 2016
Issued in other formOnline version: Limón, Ada. Bright dead things. New York : Milkweed Editions, [2015] 9781571319258
Genre/formpoetry.
Genre/formPoetry
Genre/formPoetry.
Genre/formPoésie.
LCCN 2015000088
ISBN1571314717 (paperback ; alk. paper)
ISBN9781571314710 (paperback ; alk. paper)
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Standard identifier# 99964219552
Stock numberPgw, C/O Perseus Distribution 210 American Dr, Jackson, TN, USA, 38301 SAN 631-760X

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