Run Away to the Yard

Lisa C. Krueger

Description

Run Away to the Yard is a unique collection of poems that addresses personal identity within the contemporary culture. In parable-like vignettes and metaphor-dense portraits, Krueger’s poems challenge old notions of self, asking readers to reconsider what brings meaning to daily life. Through the lens of close observation—much like a photographer—Krueger examines the complexity of our responses to a convoluted world. Poems ask us to consider who we are when our lives become stripped of the ordinary and expected, whether that be material commodities, health, daily routines, relationships, even memory. Where, then, do we find meaning and purpose? These poems aim toward greater compassion—for other people and ultimately for ourselves.

Sujets

• Women Authors
• América
• General officer
• Poetry
• General
• American

Informations

• Publié par: Red Hen Press
• Date de parution: 09 mai 2017
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781597095815
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

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Run Away to the Yard
Copyright 2017 by Lisa C. Krueger
All Rights Reserved
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the prior written permission of both the publisher and the copyright owner.
Book layout by Stephanie Lopez
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Krueger, Lisa C., author.
Title: Run away to the yard / poems by Lisa C. Krueger.
Description: First edition. | Pasadena, CA : Red Hen Press, [2017]
Identifiers: LCCN 2016048421 | ISBN 9781597090261 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781597090285 (casebound) | eISBN 9781597095815
Classification: LCC PS3611.R84 A6 2017 | DDC 811/.6-dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016048421
The National Endowment for the Arts, the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, the Dwight Stuart Youth Foundation, the Max Factor Family Foundation, the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Foundation, the Pasadena Arts Culture Commission and the City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs Division, the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the Audrey Sydney Irmas Charitable Foundation, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Amazon Literary Partnership, and the Sherwood Foundation partially support Red Hen Press.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Acknowledgments are made to the editors of the following publications in which some of these poems or variations of these poems appeared or will appear:
Barrow Street : Casilda at the Norton Simon ; Clark Street Review : Case Notes in Red ; December : Camphor ; Mid-American Review : Violet on a Plane ; Miramar : Reverent ; Nimrod : Parallax at Nine a.m. and The Latin of It ; Oberon : Personal Taste ; Ploughshares : Outside the Rialto ; Poet Lore : Breathing Room ; and The Tishman Review : Intimacy.
Parallax at Nine a.m. and The Latin of It received finalist recognition for the Pablo Neruda Poetry Prize.
My deepest gratitude to Kate Gale, Mark Cull, Mark Wunderlich, and Jim Moore; and to my beloved family and friends.
For Family
CONTENTS
I
Passings
Violet on a Plane
Outside the Rialto
Integumentary
Santa Monica Birth
Motel for the Leave of Absence
Eve
Swim Alone
Practice
Provider
Echo at the Festival of Light
Santa Anita Mall
The Latin of It
Map of Return
Transient
II
Call Me Joel
Tough News
The Lax Body Was a River
Due to an Emergency
When She Can t Breathe
Gray Heron, Santa Ana Winds
Vast Room
Infused
Anointed
Casilda at the Norton Simon
Entrance
Run Away to the Yard
Contained
Clean Scans
Parallax at Nine a.m.
III
Bad Girl
No One Buys Jesus
Case Notes in Red
Breathing Room
Intimacy
Personal Taste
Due Date
Camphor
After Words
Unattached
Predator
Forever
Sunday Afternoons
Donating the Cake Dome
Others in Topanga
No Quiet
Written
Reverent