This History That Just Happened

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"Hannah Craig's This History That Just Happened places the reader at the nexus where rural and city life converge, bridging a world personal and political, natural and artful, in a voice always uniquely hers. Every word here is earned. And little, if anything, escapes this poet's heart, mind, or eye. History works through a keen imagination. These poems make us feel and listen differently, and images coalesce line by line and dare us to reside where fierce empathy and beauty abide."—Yusef Komunyakaa

Subjects

• Books
• Littérature
• Historic novels

Informations

• Published by: Parlor Press, LLC
• Published: 01 February 2017
• Reads: 0
• EAN13: 9781602359031
• Language: English

Exrait

line and dare us to reside where îerce empathy and beauty abide.”

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HISTORY THIS THAT

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WINNER OF THE NEW MEASURE POETRY PRIZE

HANNAH CRAIG

Free Verse Edîtîons Edîted by Jon Tompson

This History That Just Happened

Hannah Craig

Winner of the New Measure Poetry Prize

Parlor Press Anderson, South Carolina www.parlorpress.com

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Contents

Acknowedgments vîî I 1 Faît Heaîng 3 Nattî Crow Road 4 he Horses 5 You Know ï’m Rîgt to Do So 6 he Dream-Want 7 he îtte Seep 9 Wîte-Footed Bîrd 11 ïn Wîc You Are Dîsappearîng rom te Natura Word Obvîousy 12 ïnstîtutîon Poo 13 And here, hat Was te Mîdde 14 O ït Rîses 15 Everytîng Sends 16 Reerentîa 17 ït May Taste Sweet 18 Grandmoter 19 Beac House 20 Sprîng Ceanîng 21 From te Reormed Presbyterîan heoogîca Semînary on te Fîrst Warm Day în Marc, a Man Comes Runnîng în a Wîte T-Sîrt 22 Teacîng Me to Soot 23 Returned 24 Aprî Snow 25 Turkîs Marc 26 Amsterdam 27

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Free Verse Edîtîons 73 About te Autor 75

Contents

II 29 Paîn Questîonnaîre 31 Paîn Has No Future but ïtse 32 Cutîce 34 From One hîng, Anoter 35 he Scaded Map 36 Job 37 Transatîon 38 Snare 40 Fever 41 Wîte Powder 43 Poînsettîa 45 III 47 Fora – Wînter 49 Fora — Sprîng 52 Fora — Summer 55 Fora — Autumn 58 Teeoogy o te At-At 60 Teeoogy o Dark Fîbre 61 Teeoogy o Febreze 64 Teeoogy o te Cock 66 awrencevîe 68 Moss ï 69 Moss ïï 70

Acknowledgments

ï wîs to grateuy acknowedge te oowîng journas were sev- era o tese poems made teîr îrst appearances: Copper Nîcke, Emrys, Hampden-Sydney Revîew, Handsome, Mîd-Amerîcan Re- vîew, Mîssîssîppî Revîew, Nort Amerîcan Revîew, Praîrîe Scoo- ner, Saamander, and Tîrd Wednesday.

My sîncere gratîtude and admîratîon go out to Yuse Komunyakaa, Jon Tompson, Davîd Bakesey, and a at Paror Press wo made tîs book appen.

Tanks to As Bowen, Rîcard Epsteîn, Nevîd Hartensteîn, Steve Mueske, and Wîîam Neumîre or beîng my poetry communîty or so ong! And tanks to Jean Kîrby or te a te art!

My unendîng ove and tanks to Mattew, Mara, Rebeka, Mary, Sara, Marta, Eîa, Crîstoper, and Brandon.

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