Elegy owed
By: Bob Hicok
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Port Townsend, WA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 111
ISBN-13: 9781556594366
Subjects: American poetry
Description: Pilgrimage -- Elegy with lies -- The days are getting longer -- O -- The story of 5:33 -- Knockturn -- Good-bye, topspin -- Elegy to hunger -- Coming to life -- Ode to magic -- Pre-planning -- L ah g -- Sound scape -- You name this one -- A request -- One of those things we say -- Making do -- The gift -- Listen -- A country mapped with invisible ink -- Elegy to unnamed sources -- The missing -- Some recent weather -- Born again -- Scarecrow overhears himself thinking -- Elegy's -- Desire -- Take care -- Obituary for the middle class -- Song of the recital -- Leave a message -- Blue prints -- What the great apes refer to as a philosophy of life -- The order of things -- How we came to live where we live -- The heart of the soul of the gist of the matter -- To speak somewhat figuratively for S. -- Absence makes the heart. That's it: absence makes the heart -- A very small bible -- Notes for a time capsule -- Another holiday has come and gone -- Ink -- Shed and dream -- You can never step into the same not going home again twice -- A poem that wanted to be a letter but didn't know how -- Owe is to ode as whatever is to I don't know -- Ode to ongoing -- Elegy to the time it takes to realize the futility of elegies -- Love -- Elegy ode -- Confessions of a nature lover -- Circles in the sky -- Something like an oath -- Elegy owed -- Missing -- As I was saying -- Speaking American -- Moving day -- Excerpts from mourning -- Life -- Sunny, infinite chance of rain -- In lieu of building a crib -- Equine aubade -- I tell myself the future -- Good-bye.
Table of contents: title: Pilgrimage --; title: Elegy with lies --; title: The days are getting longer --; title: O --; title: The story of 5:33 --; title: Knockturn --; title: Good-bye, topspin --; title: Elegy to hunger --; title: Coming to life --; title: Ode to magic --; title: Pre-planning --; title: L ah g --; title: Sound scape --; title: You name this one --; title: A request --; title: One of those things we say --; title: Making do --; title: The gift --; title: Listen --; title: A country mapped with invisible ink --; title: Elegy to unnamed sources --; title: The missing --; title: Some recent weather --; title: Born again --; title: Scarecrow overhears himself thinking --; title: Elegy's --; title: Desire --; title: Take care --; title: Obituary for the middle class --; title: Song of the recital --; title: Leave a message --; title: Blue prints --; title: What the great apes refer to as a philosophy of life --; title: The order of things --; title: How we came to live where we live --; title: The heart of the soul of the gist of the matter --; title: To speak somewhat figuratively for S. --; title: Absence makes the heart. That's it: absence makes the heart --; title: A very small bible --; title: Notes for a time capsule --; title: Another holiday has come and gone --; title: Ink --; title: Shed and dream --; title: You can never step into the same not going home again twice --; title: A poem that wanted to be a letter but didn't know how --; title: Owe is to ode as whatever is to I don't know --; title: Ode to ongoing --; title: Elegy to the time it takes to realize the futility of elegies --; title: Love --; title: Elegy ode --; title: Confessions of a nature lover --; title: Circles in the sky --; title: Something like an oath --; title: Elegy owed --; title: Missing --; title: As I was saying --; title: Speaking American --; title: Moving day --; title: Excerpts from  mourning --; title: Life --; title: Sunny, infinite chance of rain --; title: In lieu of building a crib --; title: Equine aubade --; title: I tell myself the future --; title: Good-bye.