02872oam 22005414a 450 991015468320332120221202223345.00-295-99985-3(CKB)3710000000971826(MiAaPQ)EBC4858179(OCoLC)966445521(MdBmJHUP)musev2_81670(EXLCZ)99371000000097182620180312d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierVagrants & AccidentalsKevin CraftSeattle :University of Washington Press,2017.©2017.1 online resource (128 pages)Pacific Northwest poetry series ;170-295-99984-5 "Vagrants & Accidentals, the second full-length collection from poet Kevin Craft, is part vade mecum, part songbook, whose taut lines and adaptable stanzas traffic in the personal effects of emigration and estrangement, exile and return. In ornithology, a vagrant or accidental is a bird that appears out of its natural or normal range, blown off course by a storm, or inadvertently introduced into a new environment by human trade. Likewise, Craft is interested in things taken out of context--Greek myths in the Pacific Northwest, the potsherd or megalith stranded in a museum, excess carbon in the atmosphere, American pop songs in a Roman piazza, adoptions, estrangements, dangerous migrations, the constant shuffle of human beings from place to place--asking how we reorient ourselves in the crossfire of constant, rapid, global transformation. Organized into four parts, the collection moves from the deeply personal to more global issues of interconnectedness. In language intensely lyrical, grounded in prehistory and science, Craft evokes questions of family and belonging that underscore a lifetime, gradually revealing the forces that shape us from the deepest reaches of time and place. As some birds sing to define their territory, so his poetry calls between the raggedness of daily life and our deeper yearning for coherence."--Amazon.com.Pacific Northwest poetry series.Poetry of placesfast(OCoLC)fst01067759Naturefast(OCoLC)fst01034561American poetryfast(OCoLC)fst00807348American poetryPoetryPoetry of placesNaturePoetryPoetry.Poetry of places.Nature.American poetry.American poetryPoetry of places.Nature811.608Craft Kevin1248215Craft KevinMdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910154683203321UNINA