The back chamber /

"The first full-length volume of poems in a decade by former poet laureate of the United States Donald Hall. In The Back Chamber, Donald Hall illuminates the evocative, iconic objects of deep memory--"a cowbell," "a white stone perfectly round," "a three-legged milking...

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Main Author: Hall, Donald, 1928-2018
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011.
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505 0 |a I. Meatloaf. The things -- Love's progress -- Showtunes -- Ruins -- Conclusion at Union Lake -- Three women -- Nymph and shepherd -- Bangers and mash -- River -- Meatloaf -- The week -- Convergences -- Advent -- Apples peaches -- After the prom -- Creative writing -- The pursuit of poetry -- Ric's progress. 
505 0 |a III. Rocking Chairs Painted green. The number -- Scar tissue -- Sleep -- Closing -- What we did -- Searching -- The gardener -- The offspring -- Freezes and Junes -- The widower's cowbell -- Goosefeathers -- the back chamber -- Maples -- The bone ring -- Alterations -- Pieces -- Envy -- "Poetry and ambition" -- Green farmhouse chairs. 
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