After the Fire: A Writer Finds His PlaceU of Minnesota Press - 229 páginas The poet describes how he found his interior landscape on his farm in the hills of Wisconsin and shares his insights into the course of his life, from his Canton, Ohio, youth, to his years as a soldier, to his careers as a writer and publisher, using humor and a meditative spirit. |
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... Gardening ” was originally published as “ Sundays in the Garden " in Crazy Horse ( June 2001 ) . “ The Blind World ” ( originally titled “ The Blind World , Atomic Battlefields " ) and “ The Condition of My Faith " were first published ...
... Gardening ” was originally published as “ Sundays in the Garden " in Crazy Horse ( June 2001 ) . “ The Blind World ” ( originally titled “ The Blind World , Atomic Battlefields " ) and “ The Condition of My Faith " were first published ...
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... 49 Making Poetry / 55 Library / 67 Insects and Arachnids / 72 Grasses, Fruits, Plants / 76 Gardening / 80 Coyotes, Foxes, Wolves / 87 Taking a Punch / 90 Deer / 107 The Hunt / 109 The Blind World / 114 Trouble / 134 Dogs / Contents.
... 49 Making Poetry / 55 Library / 67 Insects and Arachnids / 72 Grasses, Fruits, Plants / 76 Gardening / 80 Coyotes, Foxes, Wolves / 87 Taking a Punch / 90 Deer / 107 The Hunt / 109 The Blind World / 114 Trouble / 134 Dogs / Contents.
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... garden planted with daisies, carnations, moss roses. She indulged me. As I was the youngest and last grand- child, I was allowed to fire my cap pistol outside the house and clutter the front yard with orange crates I had torn apart to ...
... garden planted with daisies, carnations, moss roses. She indulged me. As I was the youngest and last grand- child, I was allowed to fire my cap pistol outside the house and clutter the front yard with orange crates I had torn apart to ...
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... garden . It took up the whole fenced backyard— leeks , shallots , tomatoes , potatoes , carrots , herbs , green beans , peas , parsnips , onions , lettuce , radishes , usually a patch of sweet corn . A grape arbor was decorated with my ...
... garden . It took up the whole fenced backyard— leeks , shallots , tomatoes , potatoes , carrots , herbs , green beans , peas , parsnips , onions , lettuce , radishes , usually a patch of sweet corn . A grape arbor was decorated with my ...
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... garden maintained by three elderly French people who live down the way . They waddle and bend arthritically to tend the tidy rows each day , chattering to each other . Gazing down from our beveled second - story window , I recall my ...
... garden maintained by three elderly French people who live down the way . They waddle and bend arthritically to tend the tidy rows each day , chattering to each other . Gazing down from our beveled second - story window , I recall my ...
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Trees | 28 |
Sky | 35 |
Poetry | 40 |
Neighbors | 44 |
Birds | 49 |
Making Poetry | 55 |
Library | 67 |
The Hunt | 109 |
The Blind World | 114 |
Trouble | 134 |
Dogs | 139 |
Old Jazz | 144 |
Young Jazz | 146 |
Winter | 167 |
The Condition of My Faith | 172 |
Insects and Arachnids | 72 |
Grasses Fruits Plants | 76 |
Gardening | 80 |
Coyotes Foxes Wolves | 87 |
Taking a Punch | 90 |
Deer | 107 |
Spring | 189 |
Summer | 193 |
The Catcher | 197 |
Dairy Days | 218 |
Autumn | 227 |
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