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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... once, when I was helping my grand-père look for something. I remember old photographs of French and Belgian relatives on the tops of heavy dressers, a mirror that had started to peel around its edges, and a bed covered with a chenille ...
... once, when I was helping my grand-père look for something. I remember old photographs of French and Belgian relatives on the tops of heavy dressers, a mirror that had started to peel around its edges, and a bed covered with a chenille ...
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... Once a week the iceman came in his horse - drawn wagon , lugged in , with tongs , a big , dripping block , and dropped it with a thud into a tray beside the icebox . Chink- chuck , he halved it expertly with his pick , heaving the ...
... Once a week the iceman came in his horse - drawn wagon , lugged in , with tongs , a big , dripping block , and dropped it with a thud into a tray beside the icebox . Chink- chuck , he halved it expertly with his pick , heaving the ...
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... once said good-bye to them and rode the rods from Utah to Indiana pursuing a mining job. When I seemed surprised— my dignified French grand-père riding under a boxcar like a hobo—she looked at me and said, “You weren't exactly born with ...
... once said good-bye to them and rode the rods from Utah to Indiana pursuing a mining job. When I seemed surprised— my dignified French grand-père riding under a boxcar like a hobo—she looked at me and said, “You weren't exactly born with ...
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Índice
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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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