Vagrant grace
Subtitle: poems
By: David Bottoms.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Port Townsend, Wash
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
Subjects: Southern States -- Poetry.
Genres: Poetry.
Description: "In the brief turn of a line David Bottoms reveals "the talent the world shows for mystery." Following in a rich literary tradition his poems are rooted both in the details of life in the contemporary American South and in a history scorched by violence. His portrayals of human tenderness, vulnerability, and cruelty, blur the divisions between good and evil."--BOOK JACKET.
Table of contents: title: Bronchitis; title: On Methodist Hill; title: A family parade; title: The widower; title: Souvenir; title: Fallout; title: Flower in my father's parlor; title: An owl; title: Night strategies; title: The fisherman and the little fish; title: Our Presbyterian Christmas; title: My daughter at the gymnastics party; title: Their father's tattoo; title: Country store and moment of grace; title: A walk to Carter's Lake; title: A canoe; title: Night company; title: Heron blues; title: Living lingerie; title: Steve Belew plays the National Steel; title: A room on Washington Avenue; title: At the grave of Martha Ellis; title: A morning from the Gospel of John; title: In the wilderness; title: My uncle sowing beatitudes; title: A Sunday dinner; title: Occurrence in the big sky.