Blood, Tin, Straw Poems

Name: Blood, Tin, Straw Poems
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ISBN: 9780375707353

ISBN-10: 0375707352

ISBN-13: 9780375707353

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Authors: Sharon Olds

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From Sharon Olds—a stunning new collection of poems that project a fresh spirit, a startling energy of language and counterpoint, and a moving, elegiac tone shot through with humor. From poems that erupt out of history and childhood to those that embody the nurturing of a new generation of children and the transformative power of marital love, Sharon Olds takes risks, writing boldly of physical, emotional, and spiritual sensations that are seldom the stuff of poetry. These are poems that strike for the heart, as Sharon Olds captures our imagination with unexpected wordplay, sprung rhythms, and the disquieting revelations of ordinary life. Writing at the peak of her powers, this greatly…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/5/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 5.90" wide x 8.40" long x 0.35" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English

Sharon Olds was born in San Francisco. She lives in New York City.



Blood


The Promise


The Gift


Animal Music


The Defense


The New Stranger


Bacchanal in Memory


After the Rape in Our Building


When It Comes


The Factors


The Babysitter


Aspic and Buttermilk


Boulder Creek


Once


Poem to the Reader


Tin


The Watchers


Know-Nothing


The Vision


The Makaris


The Necklace


Dear Heart


The Elopement


19


The Seeker


The Day They Tied Me Up


Take the I Out


After Punishment Was Done with Me


Immersion Coil


What Is the Earth?


Straw


A Vision


The Sound


Mortal Eternal


Outdoor Shower


The Remedy


Leaving the Island


At Home


The Bed


My Mother's Pansies


The Prepositions


Tousled Darling


The Try-Outs


My Father's Diary


By Earth


Fire


By Fire


Warrior: 5th Grade


Fire Escape


Culture and Religion


1954


The Burned Diary


Cool Breeze


Coming of Age, 1966


For and Against Knowledge


To My Husband


The Spouses Waking Up in the Hotel Mirror


At the Hospital for the Paralyzed


You Kindly


Where Will Love Go?


Light


The Protestor


The Falls


Then


These Days


Electricity Saviour


Ssshh


The Summer-Camp Bus Pulls Away from the Curb


The Talkers


Sometimes


First Thanksgiving


At the Bay


The Native


The Shore


The Knowing