A ladder of cranes / Tom Sexton.
Whether watching men releasing caged birds at dawn in New York City or a ladder of cranes rising from a field in Manitoba, Tom Sexton is a keen observer of the interconnectedness of the natural and human worlds. The former Alaska poet laureate takes to the road in this new collection, wending a lyri...
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| Other title: | Poems. Selections. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Fairbanks, AK :
University of Alaska Press,
[2015]
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| Summary: | Whether watching men releasing caged birds at dawn in New York City or a ladder of cranes rising from a field in Manitoba, Tom Sexton is a keen observer of the interconnectedness of the natural and human worlds. The former Alaska poet laureate takes to the road in this new collection, wending a lyrical and at times mystical path between Alaska and New England. Travelers along the way include the fabled wolf of Gubbio, old and lame and long past his taming encounter with Saint Francis of Assisi, and Chinese poet Li Bai chanting to a Yangtze River dolphin. Yet, while Sexton's journey cro. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (56 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781602232587 160223258X |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |