Borgo Of The Holy Ghost
Borgo Of The Holy Ghost
Stephen McLeod
foreword by Richard Howard
Series: Swenson Poetry Award
Copyright Date: 2001
Published by: University Press of Colorado,
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj
Pages: 74
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt46nrhj
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Borgo Of The Holy Ghost
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An accomplished poet with credits in such literary magazines as APR, Paris Review, Ploughshares, and many others, Stephen McLeod is the 2001 recipient of the May Swenson Poetry Award. Judge for the competition was Richard Howard, internationally known poet and winner of the Pulitzer and many other poetry awards.

eISBN: 978-0-87421-422-2
Subjects: Language & Literature
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. i-vi)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.1
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. vii-viii)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.2
  3. FOREWORD A Note on Stephen McLeod’s The Borgo of the Holy Ghost
    FOREWORD A Note on Stephen McLeod’s The Borgo of the Holy Ghost (pp. ix-2)
    Richard Howard
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.3

    So assured is the utterance here, so convinced the diction and so swift the procession of tropes, that I suspect the most availing strategy for a new reader (it would be a literalism to call Mr. McLeod a “new” poet, for he incessantly reverts to practiced stanzas, sonnets and sestinas, a litany of old contraptions and even older disciplines, of which more presently)—for a new reader, then, beset by so many discoveries all at once, so rich a designation of wonders, best to adopt this drastic approach: in the destructive element immerse, that is, read right through all the...

  4. ONE
    • DONATION
      DONATION (pp. 5-5)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.4
    • BECOMING KANSAS
      BECOMING KANSAS (pp. 6-7)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.5
    • THAT CRAZY MOON
      THAT CRAZY MOON (pp. 8-8)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.6
    • ANDANTE CON MOTO
      ANDANTE CON MOTO (pp. 9-11)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.7
    • THE SHOULDER WHERE IT BELONGS
      THE SHOULDER WHERE IT BELONGS (pp. 12-12)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.8
    • OF BEING AND ESSENCE
      OF BEING AND ESSENCE (pp. 13-13)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.9
    • THE EXECUTION
      THE EXECUTION (pp. 14-14)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.10
    • LOGO
      LOGO (pp. 15-15)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.11
    • THE BORGO OF THE HOLY GHOST (Rome: Christmas night, 1991)
      THE BORGO OF THE HOLY GHOST (Rome: Christmas night, 1991) (pp. 16-17)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.12
    • Easter in Belgrade (1999)
      Easter in Belgrade (1999) (pp. 18-18)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.13
    • A.D.
      A.D. (pp. 19-19)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.14
    • AT JOHN BROWN’S GRAVE
      AT JOHN BROWN’S GRAVE (pp. 20-21)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.15
    • DIVA
      DIVA (pp. 22-22)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.16
    • THE BROKEN GULL
      THE BROKEN GULL (pp. 23-24)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.17
  5. TWO
    • OBSESSIVE
      OBSESSIVE (pp. 27-27)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.18
    • LIMELIGHT
      LIMELIGHT (pp. 28-28)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.19
    • MISMALOYA BAY (Mexico: 1977)
      MISMALOYA BAY (Mexico: 1977) (pp. 29-29)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.20
    • SPEAKING IN TONGUES
      SPEAKING IN TONGUES (pp. 30-31)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.21
    • MY FATHER’S SON
      MY FATHER’S SON (pp. 32-32)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.22
    • BROKEN
      BROKEN (pp. 33-33)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.23
    • OUR LADY OF ABUNDANCE
      OUR LADY OF ABUNDANCE (pp. 34-34)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.24
    • FOR BARBARA & VINCENT
      FOR BARBARA & VINCENT (pp. 35-36)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.25
    • AGAINST STEVENS
      AGAINST STEVENS (pp. 37-37)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.26
    • I SAW THE WORLD END
      I SAW THE WORLD END (pp. 38-38)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.27
    • NIETZSCHE AT BAYREUTH: 1876
      NIETZSCHE AT BAYREUTH: 1876 (pp. 39-39)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.28
    • DAS LIED VON DER ERDE
      DAS LIED VON DER ERDE (pp. 40-40)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.29
    • BRINDISI
      BRINDISI (pp. 41-41)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.30
    • THE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS
      THE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS (pp. 42-42)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.31
    • CHRONIC
      CHRONIC (pp. 43-43)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.32
    • BLESSING
      BLESSING (pp. 44-44)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.33
    • FIRST MORNING LIGHT
      FIRST MORNING LIGHT (pp. 45-46)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.34
    • AN EXERCISE FOR LOVERS
      AN EXERCISE FOR LOVERS (pp. 47-47)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.35
    • WHAT TO DO WHAT TO SAY
      WHAT TO DO WHAT TO SAY (pp. 48-48)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.36
  6. THREE
    • CREATION (Rodin)
      CREATION (Rodin) (pp. 51-51)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.37
    • ICI (Joan Mitchell)
      ICI (Joan Mitchell) (pp. 52-52)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.38
    • APOLOGY (Willem de Kooning)
      APOLOGY (Willem de Kooning) (pp. 53-53)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.39
    • GRAY AND GREEN (Mark Rothko)
      GRAY AND GREEN (Mark Rothko) (pp. 54-54)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.40
    • Autumn Rhythm (Jackson Pollock)
      Autumn Rhythm (Jackson Pollock) (pp. 55-55)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.41
    • PIETA (Michelangelo)
      PIETA (Michelangelo) (pp. 56-56)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.42
    • ANNUNCIATION (Fra Angelico, Cell 3, Convent of San Marco, Florence)
      ANNUNCIATION (Fra Angelico, Cell 3, Convent of San Marco, Florence) (pp. 57-58)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.43
    • LATE READING
      LATE READING (pp. 59-60)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.44
    • WHERE I WOULD NOT GO
      WHERE I WOULD NOT GO (pp. 61-61)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.45
    • MY BROTHER’S GHOST
      MY BROTHER’S GHOST (pp. 62-62)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.46
    • JUST BY DECIDING IT
      JUST BY DECIDING IT (pp. 63-64)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.47
    • JUST THE FACTS
      JUST THE FACTS (pp. 65-65)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.48
    • ALL ROADS LEAD TO KANSAS
      ALL ROADS LEAD TO KANSAS (pp. 66-67)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.49
    • ROSES
      ROSES (pp. 68-68)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.50
    • AT THE WEST STREET PIERS
      AT THE WEST STREET PIERS (pp. 69-69)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.51
    • HEAVEN REASSIGNED
      HEAVEN REASSIGNED (pp. 70-71)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.52
    • WHAT COMES THROUGH HEARING
      WHAT COMES THROUGH HEARING (pp. 72-72)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.53
    • THE DEAD
      THE DEAD (pp. 73-73)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.54
  7. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
    ABOUT THE AUTHOR (pp. 74-74)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.55
  8. THE MAY SWENSON POETRY AWARD
    THE MAY SWENSON POETRY AWARD (pp. 74-74)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt46nrhj.56