| Edition |
[Norton pbk. ed.] |
| Description |
77 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
"U.S. poet laureate 1993-1995"--Cover. |
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Pomes. |
| Contents |
Heroes -- Primer -- Party dress for a first born -- Persephone, falling -- The search -- Protection -- The Narcissus flower -- Persephone abducted -- Statistic: the witness -- Grief: the council -- Mother love -- Breakfast of champions -- Golden oldie -- Persephone in hell - Hades' pitch -- Wiederkehr -- Wiring home -- The bistro styx -- Blue days -- Nature's itinerary -- Sonnet in primary colors -- Demeter mourning -- Exit -- Afield -- Lost brilliance -- Political -- |
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Demeter, waiting -- Lamentations -- Teotihuacan -- History -- Used -- Rusks -- Missing -- Demeter's prayer to Hades -- Her island. |
| Subject |
Mothers and daughters -- Poetry.
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Mothers and daughters. |
| Genre/Form |
Poetry.
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Poetry.
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| ISBN |
0393314448 paperback |
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9780393314441 paperback |
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