| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
77 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Heroes -- Primer -- Party dress for a first born -- Persephone, falling -- The search -- Protection -- The Narcissus flower -- Persephone abducted -- Statistic: the witness -- Grief: the council -- Mother love -- Breakfast of champions -- Golden oldie -- Persephone in hell -- Hades' pitch -- Wiederkehr -- Wiring home -- The bistro styx -- Blue days -- Nature's itinerary -- Sonnet in primary colors -- Demeter mourning -- Exit -- Afield -- Lost brilliance -- Political -- Demeter, waiting -- Lamentations -- Teotihuacán -- History -- Used -- Rusks -- Missing -- Demeter's prayer to Hades -- Her island. |
| Summary |
A collection of poems derived from the ancient Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone that explores the love between mother and daughter. |
| Indexed Term |
English poetry |
|
United States |
| Subject |
Poetry.
|
| ISBN |
0393038084 |
|
9780393038088 |
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