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Contemporary Michigan Poetry

Author: Michael Delp

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 9780814319246

As David Wagoner wrote in the earlier volume, The Third Coast, "A Michigan poet may be undistinguishable from an Illinois poet or an Arizona poet (except for subject matter), but the publication of this anthology serves to underline one layer of regional cultural strength, even though these are not 'regional poets:" Over a decade later, Contemporary Michigan Poetry is testimony that Michigan poetry continues to flourish. Preserving the mood and texture of Michigan in the 1980s, this new collection includes the best recent work by the state's most accomplished poets. Among the fifty-three contributors are Charles Baxter, Alice Fulton, Jim Harrison, Janet Kaufmann, Josie Kearns, Thomas Lynch, John R. Reed, and Stephen Tudor. Each of the editors is also a contributor to this sampling of poems. Styles range from understated to extravagant, from closely observed to freely imagined. Poems are as varied as the Michigan landscape. Remarkable in its scope and quality, Contemporary Michigan Poetry offers an arresting look at Michigan life and a special glimpse at the preoccupations that possess residents on the Third Coast.

New Poems from the Third Coast

Author: Michael Delp

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 9780814327975

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An anthology that offers a sampling of the best poetry written by Michigan writers.

The Third Coast

Author: Conrad Hilberry

Publisher:

Published: 1976

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13:

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After-music

Author: Conrad Hilberry

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 9780814333525

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A new collection by esteemed Michigan poet Conrad Hilberry, his sixth full-length book of poetry. After-Music is a varied and rich collection of meditations on both the personal and universal. Among the many intriguing places, people, and events that Hilberry brings to life in these poems are watching manatees in a Florida canal, a reluctant priest blessing the animals in Mexico, a rushed and sullen checkout girl in the supermarket, and Day of the Dead skeletons that form a mariachi band. Some poems are formal-in sonnets, quatrains, and tetrameter couples-but most are free verse, all of them accessible and enjoyable reading. This collection is divided into five sections, organized by theme. The first and last sections are the most personal and contemplative, from the soul at season's end in "Open" to the moon about to speak in "Silence." In revealing and inviting confessions, the second section lets readers listen in on the thoughts of objects, including an oboe, a cherry pie, a moustache, a mousetrap, and a waning moon. The third section looks at horseshoe crabs, dust mites, memories stored in the hippocampus, creatures steering by pheromones through the sexual dark. The fourth section offers twelve Christmas poems, containing varied voices and a fresh look at that occasion-something few poems have attempted since Eliot's "Journey of the Magi." Hilberry's poetry bridges the gap between the ethereal realm of the spirit and the stark realism of the material world. Poetry lovers and teachers and students of contemporary verse will enjoy this significant volume.

Learning by Heart

Author: Maggie Anderson

Publisher: University of Iowa Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9780877456636

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A collection of poems written primarily between 1970 and 1995 by contemporary American poets that recall the experiences of elementary and high school.

Poetry in Michigan in Poetry

Author: William Olsen

Publisher: New Issues Poetry & Prose

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781936970162

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This anthology gathers an intriguing range of poets, their visions and voices. The poems as a whole, in one way or another, explore the variances in Michigan landscape; shoreline; lives lived in the city, town, and countryside; our uncommon diversity of cultures, points of view, concerns, celebrations, losses, and histories. This book also features artwork that focuses on Michigan. The poems and art are mingled in a way that will not reduce the art to illustration, nor the poetry to commentary. Each piece, poem and artwork, stands alone in its presentation. Includes poetry from: Tom Andrews James Armstrong Cullen Bailey Burns Jackie Bartley Elinor Benedict Terry Blackhawk Gladys Cardiff Susanna Childress Patricia Clark David Cope Jim Daniels Mike Delp Toi Derricotte Chris Dombrowski Jack Driscoll Stuart Dybek Nancy Eimers Robert Fanning Mary Jo Firth Gillett Lisa Fishman Linda Nemec Foster Matthew Gavin Frank Joy Gaines-Friedler Dan Gerber Linda Gregerson Mariela Griffor Robert Haight francine j. harris Jim Harrison Bob Hicok Conrad Hilberry Dennis Hinrichsen Amorak Huey Austin Hummell Lizzie Hutton David L. James D. R. James Rhoda Janzen Jonathan Johnson Laura Kasischke Josie Kearns Elizabeth Kerlikowske Judith Kerman L.S. Klatt David Dodd Lee Phil Levine M.L. Liebler Thomas Lynch Naomi Long Madgett Corey Marks Peter Markus Gail Martin Kathleen McGookey Judith Minty Ander Monson Julie Moulds Amy Newday William Olsen Anne-Marie Oomen Miriam Pederson Susan Blackwell Ramsey Greg Rappleye Josh Rathkamp Christine Rhein Jack Ridl John Rybicki Mary Ann Samyn Teresa Scollon Herb Scott Heather Sellers Diane Seuss Patty Seyburn Faith Shearin Marc Sheehan Don Stap Phillip Sterling Alison Swan Keith Taylor Matthew Thorburn Russell Thorburn Richard Tillinghast Rodney Torreson Robert VanderMolen Diane

Inclined to Speak

Author: Hayan Charara

Publisher: University of Arkansas Press

Published: 2008-03-01

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 1557288674

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Presents a collection of poems by such Arab American authors as Samuel Hazo, Lawrence Joseph, Khaled Mattawa, and Naomi Shihab Nye.

Over the Graves of Horses

Author: Michael Delp

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 9780814320457

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Over the Graves of Horses, a collection of poems by Michigan writer Michael Delp, invites the reader to share in the poet's experiences of love, death, and family relationships through detailed imagery. Metaphors of water, ice, forests, fish, deer, and horses extend beyond local, "northern," or "midwest" imagery to take on universal meaning. In dealing with the central themes, Delp simultaneously conveys a sense of awe at the violence of existence and an affection for life itself. His expression of family relationships suggests that the emotional crises he writes about have been lived and survived—not just invented. Taken individually or collectively, the poems are distinctly musical. The evolving textures of themes and leitmotifs and their strategic recurrence create a complex connection that builds with each poem.

An Exaltation of Forms

Author: Annie Finch

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 9780472067251

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Fifty poets examine the architecture of poems--from the haiku to rap music--and trace their history

The Coast of Nowhere

Author: Michael Delp

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 9780814327111

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In The Coast of Nowhere, Michael Delp explores the way rivers, lakes, and streams seep into our daily lives and into our consciousness. The organization of the text, a collection of short prose meditations and poetry, embraces the motion and rhythm of moving water. Through his poetry and prose, Delp demonstrates the way one can literally build an inner landscape out of the places of water one frequents. Having grown up on water and embraced it as a part of his being, he writes passionately about existing rivers, lakes, and streams in Michigan, and uses powerful metaphors to keep these places thriving in the imagination. The collection concludes with "What My Father Told Me", a powerful prose piece in which Delp reflects on the wisdom his father shared with him about the magic of water and of life during their fishing outings. Like Delp's other works, The Coast of Nowhere reveals the author's love for water and nature and captures the essence of northern Michigan's culture.