The End of the West

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• The End of the West

  Elizabeth Bishop said that the three qualities she admired most in poetry were accuracy, spontaneity, and mystery. Michael Dickman’s first full-length collection of poems demonstrates each brilliantly. The book opens with a quiet explosion: “Make a l ... (read full critics)

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  My grandmother set sail on a small air mattress into the middle of
  the pool and fell asleep

  Her fingers
  dragging the water

  The men talk quietly inside

  The outdated
  California architecture
  dissolves

  into pale greens, pinks
  and stark
  lemon

  -

  Coconut cream pies rotated slowly be ... (continue)

  My grandmother set sail on a small air mattress into the middle of
  the pool and fell asleep

  Her fingers
  dragging the water

  The men talk quietly inside

  The outdated
  California architecture
  dissolves

  into pale greens, pinks
  and stark
  lemon

  -

  Coconut cream pies rotated slowly behind bright windows like the
  cities of heaven.

  The register sang
  Flies collected
  on our water glasses

  My father, for a moment, was full of light

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• English Books
• Mass Market Paperback 89 Pages
• ISBN-10: 1556592892
• ISBN-13: 9781556592898
• Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
• Pub date: Apr 01, 2009

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