A stunning debut by a promising new poetic voice, haunting and uplifting in equal measure. In this elegy for lost ance
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Table of contents :
Cover
Copyright
Contents
EBONY JEWELWING
THE HOUSE
VIEW WEST
WEDDING PICTURES
ONE BODY
AFTERNOONS
BLACK RASPBERRIES
LES FRUITS
VERNACULAR
SUBJECT MATTER
SUGARING
RED TRACTOR
HEDGEROW
THE COPSE
THE PLACEHOLDERS
SILVER-PLATE
DOWN BY THE CULVERT
ELM AND VINE
BEAR RIVER
THE BUICK
FIRESIDE FOLK SONGS
SIMPLE HAZARDS
ELECTRIC LIGHT STORM
NIGHTLY PRAYER
THE SPICE RACK
VERNAL
THE FAIR
HORSES
IRON LUNG
STORY GIRL
THE POND
THE WHITE ROCK
SOMETHING
THE CLOSET
GHOST STORIES
THE THREE SISTERS
THREE BROTHERS
SUSAN
MILDRED
OAK STOVE
DISHES
OTHER GRANDMOTHER
FATHER WAS A MINER
ONE FOR FRED
JUNIPER
SOUNDTRACK
EGLANTINE
THE MAPLES
BEFORE AND AFTER THE COWS
FLOODLANDS
SACRIFICE
IF THERE IS A HEAVEN
LORD OF THE ELEMENTS
GARDEN
DARK TIDE
WOMAN OF THE FERN
CONFESSIONS OF A FARMER
DOORBELL
REQUIEM
THE HAWK
CABIN
WEATHERVANE
WINTERGREEN
NOTES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS