The Art of the Lathe
". . . James Joyce's Stephen Dedalus spoke of forging the conscience of his race in the smithy of his soul; in the dusty light of a Kansas machine shop, B.H. Fairchild has performed similar magic. --R.S. Gwynn"B.H. Fairchild brings sympathetic insight to the people the machinists, welders, and farmers he writes of.  And like a fine novelist, he has a gift for focusing on those moments when lives constrained by psychological or economic circumstances are touched by beauty and significance."  --Timothy Steele"With elegance and restrained subtlety, Mr. Fairchild interweaves topics that become something like musical themes, including the central theme of machine work . . .Anyone who can lay claim to the authorship of this much excellent poetry wins my unqualified and grateful admiration."   --from the introduction by Anthony HechtAfter The StormAirlifting HorsesAll The People In Hopper's PaintingsThe Art Of The LatheThe Ascension Of Ira CampbellAt The Excavation Of Liberal, KansasBeautyThe Book Of HoursThe ChildrenCigarettesThe Death Of A Small TownThe DumkaThe HimalayasIn The House Of The Latin ProfessorThe Invisible ManKansasKeatsLittle BoyThe Machinist, Teaching His Daughter To Play The PianoA Model Of Downtown Los Angeles, 1940Old Men Playing BasketballOld WomenSongSpeaking The NamesThermoregulation In Winter Moths: 1. The HimalayasThermoregulation In Winter Moths: 2. Burn WardTwo PhotographsThe Welder, Visited By The Angel Of MercyWork: 1. WorkWork: 2. The BodyWork: 3. The Body And The EarthWork: 4. The System Of Which The Body Is One Part--Table of Poems fromPoem Finder®