| Description |
73 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
And then -- mountain -- tooth -- lake -- hunt -- Lost -- Horse, again -- For the taking -- After the storm -- Cougar -- More than once -- In high country -- Eagle -- Watching for snakes -- Counting the darker birds -- Home -- Rattlesnake -- harrowing -- Gun -- Pulling into morning -- stray -- When it was time -- climb -- Afterworld -- tree -- Before you -- Having much -- Brunnhilde to her father -- Reaching for the lamp -- mistake -- Threshold -- In waiting -- Bird that comes just before our kiss -- Done for -- Here in the open -- Still -- Out deep -- Break me to prove I am unbroken -- Holy -- Damage -- Heaven, which is -- Messenger -- In case of rapture -- Husbandry -- As she goes -- way through -- Birthday -- Ice on the pond -- guest -- Triage -- embrace -- last minute -- Where we cross -- When on the third night -- End of days -- Therefore -- offering -- He looked down -- In light of all -- And morning star. |
| Summary |
"The Descent, Sophie Cabot Black's anticipated follow-up to her award-winning debut, The Misunderstanding of Nature, describes a restless spirit at the crossroads of love and damage, rapture and disenchantment, the mountain and the descent."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Subject |
American poetry.
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American poetry. (OCoLC)fst00807348
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| Genre/Form |
Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01423828
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Poetry.
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| ISBN |
1555974066 (pbk. ; acid-free paper) |
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9781555974060 (pbk. ; acid-free paper) |
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