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Pacific Northwestern spiritual poetry / edited by Charles Potts with an introduction, "A reason to read."

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Anthology of 62 poets, primarily from the Pacific Northwest, with an introduction by Charles Potts, the editor.

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  • ISBN: 0964444054
  • ISBN: 9780964444058
  • Physical Description: 383 pages ; 23 cm
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: Walla Walla, Wash. : Tsunami Inc., ©1998.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: A reason to read, the structure of the spirit / Charles Potts -- Father coming home ; The business of fancydancing / Sherman Alexie -- Tour / Diane Averill -- what's important is ; code of the west ; multnomah falls ; poets, poets, poets / mel buffington -- The hairy, hairy fist, and love will die / Charles Bukowski (1922-1993) -- Kiss of the apocalypse / Casey Bush -- 4-6-77 ; sept. 1968 / Jack Collom -- Totoncaxihuitl, a laxative / Abelardo "Lalo" Delgado -- "thru this valley" ; Diamond hanging I blues / Richard Denner -- La máquina a Houston / Edward Dorn -- Concert ; Letter to my father on his sixty-fifth birthday ; Photograph of the two of us ; Danny boy / Sharon Doubiago -- Beneath the chickenshit Mormon sun ; Stick together ; American hero / Bruce Embree (1949-1996) -- This poem is a public service ; The brood ; The Lord God has words with the choir / Michael Finley -- How everything was in the end resolved in California ; Victoria Mundi / Charles Foster (1922-1967) -- A homecoming / Ed Foy -- Sandbagging the banks / James Grabill -- To the reader ; Planests ; Prongs ; Robot hash ; For the future occupants ; Colorado space sonnet 3 ; The stamp act ; The exit ; The dream wedding / Darrell Gray (1945-1987) -- Fun with death / Adam Hammer (1949-1984) -- Final solution / Carl Hanni -- I don't wanna go back to jail but ; 10:40 pm / Robert Head -- "my sorrow is ggreater" / Mary Heckler -- Charismatic hacky-sackers ; Night cats at the grain elevator ; Ode to my scrotum / Dennis Held -- Vicegrips / David Hiatt -- Baby blue / Daniel Jacobs -- Rabbit drive / Zig Knoll (1940-1977) -- I smile with my teeth by not with my purty eyes / Peter Rutledge Koch -- The day Alvero Pineda was killed ; "William Shoemaker has a valium behind" ; "Racing is something primitive, shrunk and" ; Fucking other people ; It got to be almost a hundred in Pasadena today / Ronald Koertge -- Sgt. Pepper. Where / Richard Krech -- The underground economy ; A liturgy for Trinity / Barbara La Morticella -- On listening to Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor behind illegal drugs ; Alchemy / Eugene Lesser -- new year ; i found it at the movies / d.a. levy (1942-1968) -- The way he is with women : or, it's always show and tell with him ; Nice / Lyn Lifshin -- No love, please : we're Americans ; Friday, 3 p.m. ; we almost had twins ; kids / Gerald Locklin -- Juli II / Lucky Luckenbach --
On the Olympic coast / Dennis Mair -- Too many windows, not enough doors ; The storm that put the phones on hold / David Memmott -- Cinnabar is what I'll say to my husband if I should leave awhile ; Les fleurs / Jo Merrill -- Fort Sheridan, Illinois / Ray Obermayr -- fatalities / Tanure Ojaida -- "england and scotland are the paradise of walkers" ; "tightly woven fibers of virtually anything that" ; "He flies to Bangkok every now and then just to jack off" ; "Thank you, America" / Maureen Owen -- "She saw the Sawtooths first at night " ; "This house on the East Bench" / Will Peterson -- Ten years before the blast ; In memory of my father / Charles Plymell -- A marijuana poem / Charles Potts -- Pound of head ; Waiting on the progress train ; Breakfast at the Globe ; Kissing the newly dead ; Mitochondriac / dan raphael -- Insect lines ; A beautiful day / Jon Reilly -- The Blob / Mari-Lou Rowley -- dirge chicaneaux / Ricardo Sánchez (1941-1995) -- "moving" ; "what crimes must i commit" / David Sandberg (1938?-1969?) -- "There was a weekend for children" ; Night side / Bill Shively -- One reason ; How there came to be so many Joshua trees at Lee Flat ; Adventures of the floating rabbit / John Oliver Simon -- Waiting for the revolution in my garden where it is spring and there is so much rain / Gino Sky -- Letter to my people ; Hexagram 46--rising ; The queen of the blue fox ; The flutes of gama ; New living room / Edward Smith -- "shall we" ; bond age ; 6 years from pocatello / dawn stram -- Putting by / Ford Swetnam -- Stiletto heels ; Texan Jesuit who used to play left field ; At the Metropolitan ; The wheel ; The siren's song / Stephen Thomas -- The letter ; Poem for my husband ; "write of moon in june" ; Poem for Katherine seven years ago ; Exposed to the elements ; Child's poem / Karen Waring -- Introduction ; New family and family goals ; "seasonal love" ; Over entertainment ; Bull Dykes ; Mild sprees ; Poetry and what should be done about it / Bob Watt -- The miller ; Loki / Eric Wegner -- The poem politic x : a note for future historians / Keith Wilson -- MTBF : pass & stow ; Heavens to Betsy ; The mice will play ; The decline of the west rag / Daniel Zimmerman -- What awaits me ; The way the blackbirds song / Teri Zipf. -- Acknowledgments and notes.
Subject:
Spirituality in literature.
Poetry of places.
Death > Poetry.
Northwest, Pacific > Poetry.
Poetry > Collections.
Death.
Poetry.
Pacific Northwest.
Genre:
Collections.
Poetry.

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50580. ‡tOn the Olympic coast / ‡rDennis Mair -- ‡tToo many windows, not enough doors ; ‡tThe storm that put the phones on hold / ‡rDavid Memmott -- ‡tCinnabar is what I'll say to my husband if I should leave awhile ; ‡tLes fleurs / ‡rJo Merrill -- ‡tFort Sheridan, Illinois / ‡rRay Obermayr -- ‡tfatalities / ‡rTanure Ojaida -- ‡t"england and scotland are the paradise of walkers" ; ‡t"tightly woven fibers of virtually anything that" ; ‡t"He flies to Bangkok every now and then just to jack off" ; ‡t"Thank you, America" / ‡rMaureen Owen -- ‡t"She saw the Sawtooths first at night " ; ‡t"This house on the East Bench" / ‡rWill Peterson -- ‡tTen years before the blast ; ‡tIn memory of my father / ‡rCharles Plymell -- ‡tA marijuana poem / ‡rCharles Potts -- ‡tPound of head ; ‡tWaiting on the progress train ; ‡tBreakfast at the Globe ; ‡tKissing the newly dead ; ‡tMitochondriac / ‡rdan raphael -- ‡tInsect lines ; ‡tA beautiful day / ‡rJon Reilly -- ‡tThe Blob / ‡rMari-Lou Rowley -- ‡tdirge chicaneaux / ‡rRicardo Sánchez (1941-1995) -- ‡t"moving" ; ‡t"what crimes must i commit" / ‡rDavid Sandberg (1938?-1969?) -- ‡t"There was a weekend for children" ; ‡tNight side / ‡rBill Shively -- ‡tOne reason ; ‡tHow there came to be so many Joshua trees at Lee Flat ; ‡tAdventures of the floating rabbit / ‡rJohn Oliver Simon -- ‡tWaiting for the revolution in my garden where it is spring and there is so much rain / ‡rGino Sky -- ‡tLetter to my people ; ‡tHexagram 46--rising ; ‡tThe queen of the blue fox ; ‡tThe flutes of gama ; ‡tNew living room / ‡rEdward Smith -- ‡t"shall we" ; ‡tbond age ; ‡t6 years from pocatello / ‡rdawn stram -- ‡tPutting by / ‡rFord Swetnam -- ‡tStiletto heels ; ‡tTexan Jesuit who used to play left field ; ‡tAt the Metropolitan ; ‡tThe wheel ; ‡tThe siren's song / ‡rStephen Thomas -- ‡tThe letter ; ‡tPoem for my husband ; ‡t"write of moon in june" ; ‡tPoem for Katherine seven years ago ; ‡tExposed to the elements ; ‡tChild's poem / ‡rKaren Waring -- ‡tIntroduction ; ‡tNew family and family goals ; ‡t"seasonal love" ; ‡tOver entertainment ; ‡tBull Dykes ; ‡tMild sprees ; ‡tPoetry and what should be done about it / ‡rBob Watt -- ‡tThe miller ; ‡tLoki / ‡rEric Wegner -- ‡tThe poem politic x : a note for future historians / ‡rKeith Wilson -- ‡tMTBF : pass & stow ; ‡tHeavens to Betsy ; ‡tThe mice will play ; ‡tThe decline of the west rag / ‡rDaniel Zimmerman -- ‡tWhat awaits me ; ‡tThe way the blackbirds song / ‡tTeri Zipf. -- ‡gAcknowledgments and notes.
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