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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... 134 Dogs / 139 Old Jazz / 144 Young Jazz / 146 Winter / 167 The Condition of My Faith / 172 Spring / 189 Summer / 193 The Catcher / 197 Dairy Days / 218 Autumn / 227 Acknowledgments I am glad to have this opportunity to express.
... 134 Dogs / 139 Old Jazz / 144 Young Jazz / 146 Winter / 167 The Condition of My Faith / 172 Spring / 189 Summer / 193 The Catcher / 197 Dairy Days / 218 Autumn / 227 Acknowledgments I am glad to have this opportunity to express.
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... summer the first time we drove the two- mile dirt road and saw the house on the end of the ridge with its view into the valley of farms sweeping below and rising again into distant green ridges. Intending to buy only a cottage or small ...
... summer the first time we drove the two- mile dirt road and saw the house on the end of the ridge with its view into the valley of farms sweeping below and rising again into distant green ridges. Intending to buy only a cottage or small ...
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... summer during the 1940s , we made trips from Canton , Ohio , to Linton , Indiana , to visit my mother's parents . It seemed like a journey to France . The trip was long , eight hours , about as long as it takes to fly to Paris from ...
... summer during the 1940s , we made trips from Canton , Ohio , to Linton , Indiana , to visit my mother's parents . It seemed like a journey to France . The trip was long , eight hours , about as long as it takes to fly to Paris from ...
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... summer. My grand-mère always had a pot simmering on a back burner and kept a towel by the stove to dry her face. Only cold water flowed from the faucets, and she heated kettles for washing and baths. She worked constantly—cooking, sweep ...
... summer. My grand-mère always had a pot simmering on a back burner and kept a towel by the stove to dry her face. Only cold water flowed from the faucets, and she heated kettles for washing and baths. She worked constantly—cooking, sweep ...
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... summer nights , he would take me out to his garden and hold my hand as we looked up at the sky together . Having toiled all his adult life in the coal mines of France and America , he liked to stand out under the stars . He told me the ...
... summer nights , he would take me out to his garden and hold my hand as we looked up at the sky together . Having toiled all his adult life in the coal mines of France and America , he liked to stand out under the stars . He told me the ...
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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