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| Genre/Form: | Poetry |
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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Long journey. Corvallis, Or. : Oregon State University Press, c2006 (OCoLC)607860155 Online version: Long journey. Corvallis, Or. : Oregon State University Press, c2006 (OCoLC)608101249 |
| Material Type: | Biography, Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
David Biespiel |
| ISBN: | 0870710982 9780870710988 |
| OCLC Number: | 65302056 |
| Notes: | An anthology of contemporary American and Canadian poets from Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho, and British Columbia. |
| Description: | xx, 329 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Corners of the mouth / Jan Lee Ande -- A remedy, withheld / Jan Lee Ande -- Where we messed up / Ginger Andrews -- Imaginary Islands / Judith Barrington -- Souls under water / Judith Barrington -- Piano / John Barton -- Warhol / John Barton -- Idaho compline / Bruce Beasley -- Self-portrait in ink / Bruce Beasley -- People walking in fog / Marvin Bell -- "Why do you stay up so late?" / Marvin Bell -- Grown men / James Bertolino -- Lautrec / Linda Bierds -- Memento of the hours / Linda Bierds -- Shawl: Dorothy Wordsworth at eighty / Linda Bierds -- Three trees / Linda Bierds -- Van Leeuwenhoek, 1675 / Linda Bierds -- House of Gathering / Anne Caston -- Lessons from the Natural World / Anne Caston -- Departures: last flight from Fairbanks / Anne Caston -- Homebody / Kevin Craft -- Janus-Igenuous / Kevin Craft -- To err / Kevin Craft -- Incense / Kevin Craft -- Ice-fog / Lorna Crozier -- Shadow / Lorna Crozier -- Melanoma / Lorna Crozier -- Walking into the future / Lorna Crozier -- Night of my conception 1 / Lorna Crozier -- Show up (and more) / Olena Kalytiak Davis -- Francesca can too stop thinking about sex, reflect upon her position in poetry, write a real Sonnet / Olena Kalytiak Davis -- "After great pain, a formal feeling comes" / Madeline DeFrees -- Precarious / Alice Derry -- Do not forget my name / Candice Favilla -- Seedtime / Candice Favilla -- Capitulations / Candice Favilla -- Bull's-eye / Tess Gallagher -- Choices / Tess Gallagher -- Not a sparrow / Tess Gallagher -- Weather report / Tess Gallagher -- Cleaning a rainbow / Gary Gildner -- Happiness Jazz / Gary Gildner -- Gig / Gary Gildner -- Sonnet / Michele Glazer -- Historic House, Astoria / Michele Glazer -- Map / Michele Glazer -- At the edge of everything crackling / Patricia Goedicke -- Six short ones / Patricia Goedicke -- Question on the floor / Patricia Goedicke -- When Kali dances the Earth aroung / James Grabill -- Walk she takes / Neile Graham -- Graves and Churchyards Cairns and Cairns / Neile Graham -- Two blue elephants / Catherine Greenwood -- Poem for the end of the century / John Haines -- Legend / John Haines -- For the Homestead friends / John Haines -- Comb / Kathleen Halme III -- Drift and pulse / Kathleen Halme III -- What self / Kathleen Halme III -- Lessons from thieves / Sam Hamill -- New York poem / Sam Hamill -- A day like this / Jerry Harp -- Creature quotation / Jerry Harp -- Cutting her out from the flock / Jana Harris -- About these trumpeters that line my walls / Jana Harris -- On the origin of Blind-Boy Lilikoi / Garrett Hongo -- Meaning / Christopher Howell -- First touch / Christopher Howell -- New Orpheus / Christopher Howell -- Steelhead almost / Henry Hughes -- Guarding the dump / Henry Hughes -- Together in the ice-storm / Henry Hughes -- From the Winter of Bridges / Lawson Fusao Inada -- Bird that fell to the ground / Laura Jensen -- Four Summer outfits / Laura Jensen -- Flag January 1999 / Laura Jensen -- Robins in the dark / Laura Jensen -- Three Cafes / Jonathan Johnson -- Surplus / Jonathan Johnson -- A winter fairytale / Arlitia Jones -- Old age / Eve Joseph -- Avalanche / Eve Joseph -- Surrealism / Richard Kenney -- Rear view / Richard Kenney -- Pathetic Valley / Richard Kenney -- Shall I compare thee to appearances? / Richard Kenney -- Turbulence / Richard Kenney -- Feast / Michael Kenyon -- What (War 2003- ) / Joanna Klink -- Open land / Joanna Klink -- Excerpts from a Secret Prophecy / Joanna Klink -- War / Patrick Lane / Howl / Patrick Lane -- Light next door / Dorianne Laux -- Can a fire burn forever? / Dorianne Laux -- Easter, 1999 / Dorianne Laux -- A measure of desolation : February 2005 / Ursula K. Le Guin -- Watching a fractal set / Ursula K. Le Guin -- Describe book blurbs to Nationalism / Tod Marshall -- Describe wildflowers to ethics / Tod Marshall -- God the Synecdoche in His Holy Land / Linda McCarriston -- Public poem in the first person / Linda McCarriston -- Orphan's consolation / Frances McCue -- Let's say what's always left unsaid / Robert McDowell -- 1936 Hiroko's Passage / Robert McDowell -- Ballad for the Blue Moon Tavern / Colleen J. McElroy -- Fourth of July, B.C. / Heather McHugh -- Impolitic / Heather McHugh -- Sampling / Heather McHugh -- Back to B.C. / Heather McHugh -- Song of the Saxifrage to the Rock / Don McKay -- Stess, Shear, and Strain Theories of Failure" / Don McKay -- Specific Gravities: #76 (Marble) / Don McKay -- Astonished / Don McKay -- Conviction / George McWhirter -- On sending out our kids again / George McWhirter -- Girlfriends / Joseph Millar -- Junkyard / Joseph Millar -- Elders / Joseph Millar -- Hansel and Gretel's father explains / Joseph Millar -- Origami Dove / Susan Musgrave -- Room where they found you / Susan Musgrave -- Out of time / Susan Musgrave -- From Hand Luggage a memoir in verse / P.K. Page -- Ah, by the Golden Lilies / P.K. Page -- Second letter of St. Paul on the Human Genome Project / Suzanne Paoloa -- From Patient 6 / Suzanne Paoloa -- Four swans / Greg Pape -- Empress / Miranda Pearson -- Anagrammer / Peter Pereira -- Devil's Dictionary of Medical Terms / Peter Pereira -- For the first crow with West Nile Virus to arrive in our state / Lucia Perillo -- Viagra / Lucia Perillo -- Voluptuaries / Paulann Petersen -- Apologia Pro Vita Sua / Steven Price -- Upon the deliberation of their Domestic Policy / Steven Price -- Penmanship / Jarold Ramsay -- Everything is a metaphor / Carlos Reyes -- Skin / Katrina Roberts -- Hunger / Katrina Roberts -- Door / Stan Sanvel Rubin -- Man on deck / Stan Sanvel Rubin -- Travelling one way / Vern Rutsala -- Looking for work / Vern Rutsala -- New God / Jay Ruzesky -- Medicine-Meeting, Hoopa, 1994 / Ralph Salisbury -- We knew them / Ralph Salisbury -- Bucket / Maxine Scates -- Vice / Maxine Scates -- High in the bamboo / Peter Sears -- On the Empire Building Heading West / Tom Sexton -- Swans, where we don't expect them / Peggy Shumaker -- Forgbidden fruit / Martha Silano -- Gauguin in Oregon / Floyd Skloot -- Brahms in delirium / Floyd Skloot -- Key / Esta Spalding -- Mrs. Barlowe's Plum Tree / Esta Spalding -- Train window / Esta Spalding -- Watering the orchids / Primus St. John -- Batey Tumba -- Primus St. John -- Neighbors / Clemens Starck -- Girl from Panama / Clemens Starck -- Grogginess / Lisa M. Steinman -- Halting meditation / Lisa M. Steinman -- On the boulders of Inanity / Sandra Stone -- Light years / Joan Swift -- Steelhead / Joan Swift -- Touch Gallery: Joan of Arc / Mary Szybbist -- Knocking or nothing / Mary Szybbist -- Day Lady Di died / Sharon Thesen -- You People / Nance Van Winckel -- Simone Weil at the Renault Factory (1935) / Nance Van Winckel -- Up the steps of the Capitol / Nance Van Winckel -- Sonnet: "Sweetest bleeding ..." / Karen Volkman -- Sonnet: "Bitter seed ..." / Karen Volkman -- Sonnet: "Nothing was ever ..." / Karen Volkman -- What the stones say / David Wagoner -- Desire / David Wagoner -- For an Old Woman at the Gate / David Wagoner -- Thoreau and the Quagmire / David Wagoner -- Appalachian Midrash / Emily Warn -- Kuf: Mnemonic / Emily Warn -- Mukilteo Ferry / Ingrid Wendt -- Y / John Witte -- After we received the News fo the 100-mile wind / Caolyne Wright -- For one who prays for me / Robert Wrigley -- News / Robert Wrigley -- Letter to a young poet / Robert Wrigley -- Kissing Booth / Derk Wynand -- Reined in / Derk Wynand -- Busted / Patricia Young. / Jan Lee Ande -- Corners of the Mouth -- A Remedy, Withheld -- / Ginger Andrews -- Where We Messed Up -- / Judith Barrington -- Imaginary Islands -- Souls Under Water -- / John Barton -- The Piano -- Warhol -- / Bruce Beasley -- Idaho Compline -- Self-Portrait in Ink -- / Marvin Bell -- People Walking in Fog -- "Why Do You Stay Up So Late?" -- / James Bertolino -- Grown Men -- / Linda Bierds -- Lautrec -- Memento of the Hours -- Shawl: Dorothy Wordsworth at Eighty -- The Three Trees -- Van Leeuwenhoek, 1675 -- / Anne Caston -- House of Gathering -- Lessons from the Natural World -- Departures: Last Flight from Fairbanks -- / Kevin Craft -- Homebody -- Janus-Igenuous -- To Err -- Incense -- / Lorna Crozier -- Ice-Fog -- Shadow -- Melanoma -- Walking into the Future -- The Night of My Conception 1 -- / Olena Kalytiak Davis -- Show Up -- (And More) -- Francesca Can Too Stop Thinking About Sex, Reflect upon her Position in Poetry, Write a Real Sonnet -- / Madeline DeFrees -- "After great pain, a formal feeling comes" -- / Alice Derry -- Precarious -- / Candice Favilla -- Do Not Forget My Name -- Seedtime -- Capitulations -- / Tess Gallagher -- Bull's-Eye -- Choices -- Not a Sparrow -- Weather Report -- / Gary Gildner -- Cleaning a Rainbow -- Happiness Jazz -- The Gig -- / Michele Glazer -- Sonnet -- Historic House, Astoria -- / Patricia Goedicke -- At the Edges of Everything Crackling -- Six Short Ones -- The Question on the Floor -- / James Grabill -- When Kali Dances the Earth Around -- / Neile Graham -- The Walk She Takes -- Graves and Churchyards Cairns and Cairns -- / Catherine Greenwood -- Two Blue Elephants -- / John Haines -- Poem for the End of the Century -- The Legend -- For the Homestead Friends -- / Kathleen Halme III -- Comb -- Drift and Pulse -- What Self -- / Sam Hamill -- Lessons from Thieves -- The New York Poem -- / Jerry Harp -- A Day Like This -- The Creature Quotidian -- / Jana Harris -- Cutting Her Out from the Flock -- About These Trumpeters That Line My Walls -- / Garrett Hongo -- On the Origin of Blind-Boy Lilikoi -- / Christopher Howell -- Meaning -- First Touch -- The New Orpheus -- / Henry Hughes -- Steelhead Almost -- Guarding the Dump -- Together in the Ice-storm -- / Lawson Fusao Inada -- from The Winter of Bridges -- / Laura Jensen -- Bird That Fell to the Ground -- Four Summer Outfits -- Flags-January 1999 -- Robins in the Dark -- / Jonathan Johnson -- Three Cafes -- Surplus -- / Arlitia Jones -- A Winter Fairytale -- / Eve Joseph -- Old Age -- Avalanche -- / Richard Kenney -- Surrealism -- Rear View -- Pathetic Fallacy -- Shall I Compare Thee to Appearances? -- Turbulence -- / Michael Kenyon -- Feast -- / Joanna Klink -- What (War 2003- ) -- Open Land -- Excerpts from a Secret Prophecy -- Patrick Lane -- The War -- Howl -- / Dorianne Laux -- The Light Next Door -- Can a Fire Burn Forever? -- Easter, 1999 -- / Ursula K. Le Guin -- A Measure of Desolation: February 2005 -- Watching a Fractal Set -- / Tod Marshall -- Describe Book Blurbs to Nationalism -- Describe Wildflowers to Ethics -- / Linda McCarriston -- God the Synecdoche in His Holy Land -- Public Poem in the First Person -- / Frances McCue -- The Orphan's Consolation -- / Robert McDowell -- Let's Say What's Always Left Unsaid -- 1936. Hiroko's Passage -- / Colleen J. McElroy -- Ballad for the Blue Moon Tavern -- / Heather McHugh -- Fourth of July, B.C. -- Impolitic -- Sampling -- Back to B.C. -- / Don McKay -- Song of the Saxifrage to the Rock -- "Stress, Shear, and Strain Theories of Failure" -- Specific Gravities: #76 (Marble) -- Astonished- -- / George McWhirter -- Conviction -- On Sending Out Our Kids Again -- / Joseph Millar -- Girlfriends -- Junkyard -- Elders -- Hansel and Gretel's Father Explains -- / Susan Musgrave -- Origami Dove -- The Room Where They Found You -- Out of Time -- / P.K. Page -- from Hand Luggage-A Memoir in Verse -- Ah, by the Golden Lilies -- / Suzanne Paoloa -- The Second Letter of St. Paul on the Human Genome Project -- from Patient 6 -- / Greg Pape -- Four Swans -- / Miranda Pearson -- The Empress -- / Peter Pereira -- Anagrammer -- The Devil's Dictionary of Medical Terms -- / Lucia Perillo -- For the First Crow with West Nile Virus to Arrive in Our State -- Viagra -- / Paulann Petersen -- Voluptuaries -- / Steven Price -- Apologia Pro Vita Sua -- Upon the Deliberation of Their Domestic Policy -- / Jarold Ramsay -- Penmanship -- / Carlos Reyes -- Everything Is a Metaphor -- / Katrina Roberts -- Skin -- Hunger -- / Stan Sanvel Rubin -- Door -- Man on Deck -- / Vern Rutsala -- Travelling One Way -- Looking for Work -- / Jay Ruzesky -- New God -- / Ralph Salisbury -- Medicine-Meeting, Hoopa, 1994 -- We Knew Them -- / Maxine Scates -- Bucket -- Vice -- / Peter Sears -- High in the Bamboo -- / Tom Sexton -- On the Empire Builder Heading West -- / Peggy Shumaker -- Swans, Where We Don't Expect Them -- / Martha Silano -- The Forbidden Fruit -- / Floyd Skloot -- Gauguin in Oregon -- Brahms in Delirium -- Esta Spalding -- The Key -- Mrs. Barlowe's Plum Tree -- Train Window -- Primus St. John -- Watering the Orchids -- Batey Tumba -- / Clemens Starck -- Neighbors -- The Girl from Panama -- / Lisa M. Steinman -- Grogginess -- Halting Meditation -- / Sandra Stone -- On the Boulders of Inanity -- / Joan Swift -- Light Years -- Steelhead -- / Mary Szybist -- Touch Gallery: Joan of Arc -- Knocking or Nothing -- / Sharon Thesen -- The Day Lady Di Died -- / Nance Van Winckel -- You People -- Simone Weil at the Renault Factory (1935) -- Up the Steps of the Capitol -- / Karen Volkman -- Sonnet: "Sweetest bleeding ..." -- Sonnet: "Bitter seed ..." -- Sonnet: "Nothing was ever ..." -- / David Wagoner -- What the Stones Say -- Desire -- For an Old Woman at the Gate -- Thoreau and the Quagmire -- / Emily Warn -- Appalachian Midrash -- Kuf: Mnemonic -- / Ingrid Wendt -- Mukilteo Ferry -- / John Witte -- Y -- / Carolyne Wright -- After We Received the News of the 100-Mile Wind -- / Robert Wrigley -- For One Who Prays for Me -- News -- Letter to a Young Poet -- / Derk Wynand -- Kissing Booth -- Reined In -- / Patricia Young -- Busted -- Biographies of the Poets. |
| Other Titles: | Contemporary Northwest poets |
| Responsibility: | edited by David Biespiel. |
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