Contemporary Michigan Poetry

Author : Michael Delp
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814319246
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Michigan Poetry written by Michael Delp and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As David Wagoner wrote in the earlier volume, The Third Coast, "A Michigan poet may be undistinguishable from an Illinois poet or an Arizona poet (except for subject matter), but the publication of this anthology serves to underline one layer of regional cultural strength, even though these are not 'regional poets:" Over a decade later, Contemporary Michigan Poetry is testimony that Michigan poetry continues to flourish. Preserving the mood and texture of Michigan in the 1980s, this new collection includes the best recent work by the state's most accomplished poets. Among the fifty-three contributors are Charles Baxter, Alice Fulton, Jim Harrison, Janet Kaufmann, Josie Kearns, Thomas Lynch, John R. Reed, and Stephen Tudor. Each of the editors is also a contributor to this sampling of poems. Styles range from understated to extravagant, from closely observed to freely imagined. Poems are as varied as the Michigan landscape. Remarkable in its scope and quality, Contemporary Michigan Poetry offers an arresting look at Michigan life and a special glimpse at the preoccupations that possess residents on the Third Coast.

Author : Michael Delp
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814327975
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Poems from the Third Coast written by Michael Delp and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology that offers a sampling of the best poetry written by Michigan writers.

Author : Conrad Hilberry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Third Coast written by Conrad Hilberry and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Conrad Hilberry
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814333525
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book After-music written by Conrad Hilberry and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new collection by esteemed Michigan poet Conrad Hilberry, his sixth full-length book of poetry. After-Music is a varied and rich collection of meditations on both the personal and universal. Among the many intriguing places, people, and events that Hilberry brings to life in these poems are watching manatees in a Florida canal, a reluctant priest blessing the animals in Mexico, a rushed and sullen checkout girl in the supermarket, and Day of the Dead skeletons that form a mariachi band. Some poems are formal-in sonnets, quatrains, and tetrameter couples-but most are free verse, all of them accessible and enjoyable reading. This collection is divided into five sections, organized by theme. The first and last sections are the most personal and contemplative, from the soul at season's end in "Open" to the moon about to speak in "Silence." In revealing and inviting confessions, the second section lets readers listen in on the thoughts of objects, including an oboe, a cherry pie, a moustache, a mousetrap, and a waning moon. The third section looks at horseshoe crabs, dust mites, memories stored in the hippocampus, creatures steering by pheromones through the sexual dark. The fourth section offers twelve Christmas poems, containing varied voices and a fresh look at that occasion-something few poems have attempted since Eliot's "Journey of the Magi." Hilberry's poetry bridges the gap between the ethereal realm of the spirit and the stark realism of the material world. Poetry lovers and teachers and students of contemporary verse will enjoy this significant volume.

Author : Maggie Anderson
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 9780877456636
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Learning by Heart written by Maggie Anderson and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of poems written primarily between 1970 and 1995 by contemporary American poets that recall the experiences of elementary and high school.

Author : Annie Finch
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780472067251
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Exaltation of Forms written by Annie Finch and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty poets examine the architecture of poems--from the haiku to rap music--and trace their history

Author : William Olsen
Publisher : New Issues Poetry & Prose
ISBN 13 : 9781936970162
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poetry in Michigan in Poetry written by William Olsen and published by New Issues Poetry & Prose. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology gathers an intriguing range of poets, their visions and voices. The poems as a whole, in one way or another, explore the variances in Michigan landscape; shoreline; lives lived in the city, town, and countryside; our uncommon diversity of cultures, points of view, concerns, celebrations, losses, and histories. This book also features artwork that focuses on Michigan. The poems and art are mingled in a way that will not reduce the art to illustration, nor the poetry to commentary. Each piece, poem and artwork, stands alone in its presentation. Includes poetry from: Tom Andrews James Armstrong Cullen Bailey Burns Jackie Bartley Elinor Benedict Terry Blackhawk Gladys Cardiff Susanna Childress Patricia Clark David Cope Jim Daniels Mike Delp Toi Derricotte Chris Dombrowski Jack Driscoll Stuart Dybek Nancy Eimers Robert Fanning Mary Jo Firth Gillett Lisa Fishman Linda Nemec Foster Matthew Gavin Frank Joy Gaines-Friedler Dan Gerber Linda Gregerson Mariela Griffor Robert Haight francine j. harris Jim Harrison Bob Hicok Conrad Hilberry Dennis Hinrichsen Amorak Huey Austin Hummell Lizzie Hutton David L. James D. R. James Rhoda Janzen Jonathan Johnson Laura Kasischke Josie Kearns Elizabeth Kerlikowske Judith Kerman L.S. Klatt David Dodd Lee Phil Levine M.L. Liebler Thomas Lynch Naomi Long Madgett Corey Marks Peter Markus Gail Martin Kathleen McGookey Judith Minty Ander Monson Julie Moulds Amy Newday William Olsen Anne-Marie Oomen Miriam Pederson Susan Blackwell Ramsey Greg Rappleye Josh Rathkamp Christine Rhein Jack Ridl John Rybicki Mary Ann Samyn Teresa Scollon Herb Scott Heather Sellers Diane Seuss Patty Seyburn Faith Shearin Marc Sheehan Don Stap Phillip Sterling Alison Swan Keith Taylor Matthew Thorburn Russell Thorburn Richard Tillinghast Rodney Torreson Robert VanderMolen Diane

Author : Hayan Charara
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
ISBN 13 : 1557288674
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inclined to Speak written by Hayan Charara and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2008-03-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of poems by such Arab American authors as Samuel Hazo, Lawrence Joseph, Khaled Mattawa, and Naomi Shihab Nye.

Author : Michael Delp
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814320457
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Over the Graves of Horses written by Michael Delp and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the Graves of Horses, a collection of poems by Michigan writer Michael Delp, invites the reader to share in the poet's experiences of love, death, and family relationships through detailed imagery. Metaphors of water, ice, forests, fish, deer, and horses extend beyond local, "northern," or "midwest" imagery to take on universal meaning. In dealing with the central themes, Delp simultaneously conveys a sense of awe at the violence of existence and an affection for life itself. His expression of family relationships suggests that the emotional crises he writes about have been lived and survived—not just invented. Taken individually or collectively, the poems are distinctly musical. The evolving textures of themes and leitmotifs and their strategic recurrence create a complex connection that builds with each poem.

Author : Michael Delp
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814327111
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Coast of Nowhere written by Michael Delp and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Coast of Nowhere, Michael Delp explores the way rivers, lakes, and streams seep into our daily lives and into our consciousness. The organization of the text, a collection of short prose meditations and poetry, embraces the motion and rhythm of moving water. Through his poetry and prose, Delp demonstrates the way one can literally build an inner landscape out of the places of water one frequents. Having grown up on water and embraced it as a part of his being, he writes passionately about existing rivers, lakes, and streams in Michigan, and uses powerful metaphors to keep these places thriving in the imagination. The collection concludes with "What My Father Told Me", a powerful prose piece in which Delp reflects on the wisdom his father shared with him about the magic of water and of life during their fishing outings. Like Delp's other works, The Coast of Nowhere reveals the author's love for water and nature and captures the essence of northern Michigan's culture.