03120nam 2200625Ia 450 991066367750332120200520144314.01-58729-150-9(CKB)111004365706720(EBL)836764(OCoLC)44964010(SSID)ssj0000262123(PQKBManifestationID)12048652(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000262123(PQKBWorkID)10270389(PQKB)11218755(Au-PeEL)EBL836764(CaPaEBR)ebr10438145(UtSlPG)13883(MiAaPQ)EBC836764(OCoLC)1002075444(EXLCZ)9911100436570672019941227d1995 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTree of heaven poems /by James McKean1st ed.Iowa City University of Iowa Pressc1995Iowa City University of Iowa Pressc19951 online resource (86 p.)The Iowa poetry prizeDescription based upon print version of record.0-87745-505-8 Includes bibliographical references (pages 4-5).Contents; Fireflies; Part One; Sow Bear; Teaching Canaries How to Sing; Tell Me,; This Way, Please; The Place of Mosquitoes; Whispering in Leo Kauf's Ear; The Ride Back; Rowboat; Worry Dolls; Heron; The Night before a Morning's Fishing; Your Leaving; Lava Flow, Wahaula; Ice; Part Two; Skin Test; Whale Rock; Les Grues; The Try-Your-Strength Machine at the Tivoli Gardens; House Wrens; Breakneck; Fake ID; Splitting Wood; Reunion, Cannon Beach; A Hawk in the Yard; Net; A Story after Dinner; Two Magpies; Just in Case; Snow Angel; Part Three; Orchard; Tree of Heaven; Concert; PelicanIn the Mind's EyeFire Line; Silver Thaw; Driving to Multnomah Falls; The Blessing of Habit; First Snow; Quarry; Dead Reckoning; Rider; Hooking YourselfThis second book by James McKean displays a large, dignified, and precise talent-McKean is always looking and reaching out to the difficult world, pulling it to him for examination. Although beginning with outward themes of travels and crossings, Tree of Heaven circles in the end to the journeys of the inner life: the struggle to understand, the ability to see, to suffer the trials of illness and death, to survive love and longing, learning when to leave things as they are, when to let go. McKean's accomplished voice is quiet but firm, at times full of wonder, exploring the personal and discovIowa poetry prize.Poets, American20th centuryConduct of lifePoetryPoets, AmericanConduct of life811/.54McKean James1946 July 4-1085763Plant Conservation Alliance.Alien Plant Working Group,MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910663677503321Tree of heaven2602500UNINA