Advice from the lights: poems 9781555977894, 9781555979812, 1555979815
Stephen is sometimes Stephanie and sometimes wonders how his past and her past are their own collective memory Advice fr
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English Pages 106 pages Year 2017
Table of contents :
Contents : Ice for the Ice Trade --
My 1979 --
Hermit Crab --
Princess Stephanie --
A covered bridge in Littleton, New Hampshire --
My 1980 --
Over Sacramento --
Kites --
Swans at a pond by JFK Airport --
To the naked mole rats at the National Zoo --
My 1981 --
Inside outside Stephanie --
Scarlet, a Betta --
Roly-Poly bug --
After Callimachus (So reactionaries ...) --
Palinode with Playmobil Figurines --
My 1982 --
Fifth Grade time capsule --
Cloud studies --
My 1983 --
Black raspberry canes --
First kiss Stephanie --
Taboos at twelve --
Esprit Stephanie --
After Callimachus (Half of me ...) --
The Cars' greatest hits --
Mean girls --
My 1985 --
Fairy story Stephanie --
Herring gull --
Electrical Flora --
My 1986 --
Water strider --
Gymnastics Stephanie --
Cicadas --
My 1987 --
School smoking lounge Stephanie --
Palinode with study guide, spackling knife, and sewing kit --
After Callimachus (Why do I write?) --
Sadder --
A nickel on top of a penny --
Advice from the lights --
Anubis --
Paper Stephanie --
Helium --
A crime at Pattaya --
The sun rising --
Royal botanical --
Pastorale --
Advice or prayer for airports --
Indian Stream Republic --
Écossaise --
Spoken for a pair of ferrets --
After Callimachus (It's hard work ...) --
Tierra Stephanie --
Secondhand flashlight --
Creative writing --
Final exam Stephanie --
Advice for holding together --
Tourmalines --
Washingtonian --
Advice from Rock Creek Park --
Suspense --
December 2016 --
Resolved --
Fuzzy Golem doll with 6" keychain --
Concord grapes --
White Lobelia --
Notes --
Acknowledgments.
