02772nam 2200589Ia 450 991045080820332120200520144314.01-58729-445-1(CKB)1000000000447534(EBL)859283(OCoLC)56109477(SSID)ssj0000105572(PQKBManifestationID)11128596(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000105572(PQKBWorkID)10101973(PQKB)10284192(MiAaPQ)EBC859283(MdBmJHUP)muse9187(Au-PeEL)EBL859283(CaPaEBR)ebr10354417(EXLCZ)99100000000044753420030117d2003 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrArk[electronic resource] poems /by John IslesIowa City University of Iowa Cityc20031 online resource (69 p.)Kuhl House poetsDescription based upon print version of record.0-87745-860-X Part I; To a Pretending Leaf; Static Report; Carrion Days; Sirens; Out of the Past; Elegy for the Present Moment; Small Traveling Islands; General Trees; Part II; Covenant; West of Here, North of True; The Evangelist of Fish; City upon a Hill; Saint in the Wilderness; New World Narratives; The Old Hunting Grounds; The Night-Flier's Song; Western Landscape with Storm; Natural History; Every City; Part III; How the Dead Kiss; Part IV; The Blouse Keeps Opening; The Wounded Angel; Our Daughter; Impossible Garden; As One with Foot in Mouth; Like Freedom; Outlaws, According to the MoviesIn the Erogenous Zone of the Body PoliticNotesJohn Isles's Ark is about the people and events that pass through a life, leaving a void; about finding a presence in that absence and waking up to the realities of the present moment. It is concerned, at its watery heart, with discovery and confrontation, uncovering and witnessing, whether it be the new world, "the world behind every blouse," or the tender mysteries that can only be seen through the eyes of belief: that which "starts the wild grasses trembling."With its deft maneuvers through both a historical and an emotional landscape, Ark speaks to us with a truly conteKuhl House poets.American poetryAmerican literatureElectronic books.American poetry.American literature.811.6811/.6Isles John876685MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450808203321Ark1957567UNINA