03120nam 2200589Ia 450 991045469490332120200520144314.00-8214-4132-9(CKB)1000000000713818(EBL)1757116(OCoLC)84691656(SSID)ssj0000432138(PQKBManifestationID)11304219(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000432138(PQKBWorkID)10478175(PQKB)10218756(MdBmJHUP)muse9474(MiAaPQ)EBC1757116(Au-PeEL)EBL1757116(CaPaEBR)ebr10091951(EXLCZ)99100000000071381820040723d2004 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe optimist[electronic resource] poems /Joshua MehiganAthens, OH Ohio University Pressc20041 online resource (73 p.)Hollis Summers Poetry PrizeDescription based upon print version of record.0-8214-1612-X 0-8214-1611-1 Part 1; Promenade; Two New Fish; A Questionable Mother; The House Swap; The Umbrella Man; The Spectacle; An Ideal Passion; A Bird at the Leather Mill; In the Home of My Sitter; Déjà Vu; Past Bedtime; The Tyrant; After Last Call; Riddle; Imperative of the Minor Florentine Chapel; Another Pygmalion; The Swan Song; The Murder; Progress; Post Partum; War Dims Hopes for Peace; "If Ye Find My Beloved . . ."; The Optimist; Confusing Weather; A Changed Familiar Tree; Part 2; Our Ancient Sire; A Cellar in Pankow; The Birthday Gift; A Contract; The Abject Bed; Last Moments of Simeon StylitesThe FestivalRunaway Daughter; Introduction to Poetry; The Story of the Week; Last Chance at Reconciliation; After a Nightmare; The Suicide; A Broken Home; Schism by Twilight; Family Gathering; Buzzards; Alexandra; A Lot of Noise; Dystopian; Retirement; The Pig Roast; The Mayor; Rabbit's Foot; Merrily; Notes In Joshua Mehigan's award-winning poetry, one encounters a lucid, resolute vision driven by an amazing facility with the metrical line. Most of the poems in The Optimist unapologetically employ traditional poetic technique, and, in each of these, Mehigan stretches the fabric of living language over a framework of regular meter to produce a compelling sonic counterpoint. The Optimist stares at contemporary darkness visible, a darkly lit tableau that erases the boundary between the world and the perceiving self. Whether narrative or lyric, dramatic or satirical, Mehigan's poems explore deatHollis Summers Poetry PrizeAmerican poetryAmerican literatureElectronic books.American poetry.American literature.811.6Mehigan Joshua1969-1030222MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454694903321The optimist2447034UNINA