| Description |
vii, 51 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Forth a raven -- Advertisement for the mountain -- O who may abide -- The outset -- Nostalgia for the infinite -- The half-life -- In search of a jury -- Monadnock -- Urban hymn -- Wave hill -- Border patrol -- The sadness of the Lingua Franca -- Any man may be called a pilgrim who leaveth the place of his birth -- In the shrine of the holy dirt -- Revival -- Palmistry -- Circuitry -- Jubilat -- The primer -- Birds of every wing shall dwell within -- Homesickness -- How to play house -- The raven's book -- The humanities -- Two theories of western art -- Understudies -- Two varieties of passion plays -- Dramatis personae -- Third person -- The great fire -- West house -- Preternatural -- The calling. |
| Summary |
"Christina Davis' deeply-felt lyric poems will seduce the reader with their spare elegance. In the Book of Genesis, Noah sends forth a raven and a dove to test the status of the flood. The return of the quiet dove is widely celebrated, but the fate of the garrulous raven is left ambiguous. In Christina Davis' luminous first collection of poems, her questions are those raised by the journey of the raven and what it represents: language and the potential for truth, the nature of exile and mortality. Flight may be physical or emotional but in either case begs the question of how to communicate, how to remain connected to people and places left behind. These ethereal poems, curious and necessary, remind us of all that we risk when we venture forth."--Publisher's website. |
| Subject |
Poetry -- Women authors.
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American poetry -- Women authors.
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American poetry -- Women authors.
(OCoLC)fst00807417
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Poetry -- Women authors.
(OCoLC)fst01067752
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Davis, Christina, 1971- Forth a raven. Farmington, Me. : Alice James Books, ©2006 (OCoLC)607850892 |
| ISBN |
1882295579 (pbk.) |
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9781882295579 |
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