Flying Out With the Wounded / / Anne Caston.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Caston, Anne,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [1997]; ©1997
• Year of Publication: 1997
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

This collection of poems is striking in its powerful representation of humanity and its dramatic use of language. Anne Caston explores the inner recesses of the human mind and body, delving into the murky shadows where individuals fear to tread. The poems consider the nature of death, love, brutality, friendship, and much more. Caston plays with different points of view and keeps readers on their toes. The physicality of these moving and disturbing poems is sure to captivate lovers of poetry.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- GRAVEYARD SHIFT -- ANATOMY -- CASUALTIES -- SEARCH & RESCUE: YUKON TERRITORY, 1981 -- GRAVEYARD SHIFT -- KYRIE -- THE BURNED BOY -- FLYING OUT WITH THE WOUNDED -- MY PATIENT JUMPS TO HIS DEATH -- WARMING THE BLOOD -- THE LAST LOBOTOMIZED WOMAN -- HANDS -- MERCY -- HEARTWOOD -- LESSONS -- WHEN I AM NOT TELLING IT -- THE BURNING -- MY FATHER'S HOUSE -- WITH BAPTISTS -- FIRST REBELLION, 1959 -- THE BOOK -- STUMBLING INTO A PECAN GROVE AT MIDNIGHT JUST AFTER THE LYNCHING -- BLOODLINE -- IN THE TUB TONIGHT, MY SON -- AT PASSOVER -- SUICIDE NOTES -- AFTERLIFE -- To THE WOMAN IN THE NEXT BED WHOSE DAUGHTER WAS BORN WITH DOWN' S SYNDROME THE DAY M Y DAUGHTER WAS BORN DEAD -- WAITING ROOM -- LAST LULLABY FOR THE DEAD CHILD -- LESSONS -- SINCE YOU ASKED -- HUNGER -- KEEPING WATCH -- GOD'S HEAD -- THE ONES WHO COME -- BELLS -- ON THE SUBJECT OF THE POOR IN AMERICA -- AFTER THE SIEGE -- THE ONES WHO COME -- REFUGEE SCENES -- IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD -- I, OF THE STORM -- THIS MORNING, ALICE, YOUR BOOTS -- EYE FOR AN EYE -- RED -- LIZARD WHISKEY: A PARTING GIFT FROM VIET NAM -- THE MAN WHO STAYS SANE -- SUNDAY BRUNCH AT THE OLD COUNTRY BUFFET -- PERENNIALS -- GARDENS