Zorba's Daughter
Zorba's Daughter: poems
poems by Elisabeth Murawski
foreword by Grace Schulman
Series: Swenson Poetry Award
Copyright Date: 2010
Published by: University Press of Colorado,
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t
Pages: 93
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Zorba's Daughter
Book Description:

In Zorba's Daughter, the 14th volume in the Swenson Poetry Award series, Elisabeth Murawski speaks from a vital and unique sensibility, finding in ordinary images an opening to the passion of human courage in the face of deep existential pain and ambivalence. These poems awaken our joy as well as guilt, our hope as well as grief. They often evoke a sorrowful music, like the voice of mourning, but even in pointing to "the black holes of heaven," Murawski turns our gaze upward. Zorba's Daughter was selected for the Swenson Award by the distinguished poet Grace Schulman. An icon of the literary scene, Schulman is acclaimed for her searching, highly original, lyric poetry, as well as for her teaching and her influential tenure as the poetry editor at The Nation, (1971-2006). Harold Bloom calls her "one of the permanent poets of her generation." Richard Howard says, "she is a torch."

eISBN: 978-0-87421-797-1
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. i-iv)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.1
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. v-x)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.2
  3. FOREWORD
    FOREWORD (pp. xi-xvi)
    Grace Schulman
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.3

    I heard music, anonymous and sublime, throughout my reading of the finalist manuscripts in this poetry contest. I wondered how to choose one of them when I wanted to award, or at least thank, a number of writers for letting me enjoy their vitality and skill. Then Zorba’s Daughter leaped out at me with an urgency whose source was charged language. Time and again, I was compelled by the best word, the unpredictable phrase, the surprise.

    The writer’s name, I found out later, is Elisabeth Murawski, and I regret that the poems were unfamiliar to me although they have appeared...

  4. ONE
    • ZORBA’S DAUGHTER
      ZORBA’S DAUGHTER (pp. 3-3)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.4
    • ON ARRIVING AND DEPARTING
      ON ARRIVING AND DEPARTING (pp. 4-4)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.5
    • NORMAL: A SURGICAL LOVE SONG
      NORMAL: A SURGICAL LOVE SONG (pp. 5-5)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.6
    • SAFEWAY VIA DOLOROSA
      SAFEWAY VIA DOLOROSA (pp. 6-7)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.7
    • THE INTERVIEW
      THE INTERVIEW (pp. 8-8)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.8
    • WINDY CITY
      WINDY CITY (pp. 9-9)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.9
    • THE LIVING ROOM, MY SISTER WROTE, HAD SEVEN WINDOWS
      THE LIVING ROOM, MY SISTER WROTE, HAD SEVEN WINDOWS (pp. 10-10)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.10
    • BEFORE THE AIR BECAME THE JOURNEY
      BEFORE THE AIR BECAME THE JOURNEY (pp. 11-12)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.11
    • HOME BURIAL SCENE
      HOME BURIAL SCENE (pp. 13-13)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.12
    • WEDDING FALL-OUT
      WEDDING FALL-OUT (pp. 14-14)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.13
    • CHICAGO SPELLING BEE CHAMPIONSHIP
      CHICAGO SPELLING BEE CHAMPIONSHIP (pp. 15-16)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.14
    • PUELLA
      PUELLA (pp. 17-17)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.15
    • THE MOON ACADEMY
      THE MOON ACADEMY (pp. 18-18)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.16
    • THE FISH
      THE FISH (pp. 19-20)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.17
    • BLUE LADY
      BLUE LADY (pp. 21-21)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.18
    • THE POTATO LOVERS
      THE POTATO LOVERS (pp. 22-22)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.19
    • PRIZE
      PRIZE (pp. 23-23)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.20
    • FOR THE CAT ANTHONY
      FOR THE CAT ANTHONY (pp. 24-25)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.21
    • DUSKY
      DUSKY (pp. 26-26)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.22
    • ON FORGIVING THE GREAT PRICE
      ON FORGIVING THE GREAT PRICE (pp. 27-27)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.23
    • FRIGHTENED BY ITALY
      FRIGHTENED BY ITALY (pp. 28-28)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.24
  5. TWO
    • HATTERAS LIGHTHOUSE
      HATTERAS LIGHTHOUSE (pp. 31-31)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.25
    • ARMS
      ARMS (pp. 32-32)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.26
    • ZONE
      ZONE (pp. 33-33)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.27
    • CAMILLE CLAUDEL AT LARGE
      CAMILLE CLAUDEL AT LARGE (pp. 34-34)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.28
    • IN AN ELIZABETHAN GARDEN
      IN AN ELIZABETHAN GARDEN (pp. 35-35)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.29
    • MOSQUE
      MOSQUE (pp. 36-37)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.30
    • MOURNING DOVES
      MOURNING DOVES (pp. 38-38)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.31
    • THE TRAP
      THE TRAP (pp. 39-41)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.32
    • NOT TO BE
      NOT TO BE (pp. 42-42)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.33
    • LEDA IN THE PARK
      LEDA IN THE PARK (pp. 43-43)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.34
    • ITALIAN EVENING
      ITALIAN EVENING (pp. 44-44)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.35
    • ALMOST NAOMI
      ALMOST NAOMI (pp. 45-45)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.36
    • I LOSE MY WAY TO YOUR HOUSE
      I LOSE MY WAY TO YOUR HOUSE (pp. 46-46)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.37
    • OF A FEATHER
      OF A FEATHER (pp. 47-47)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.38
    • VIRUS
      VIRUS (pp. 48-48)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.39
    • MEDITATION, THE MORNING AFTER
      MEDITATION, THE MORNING AFTER (pp. 49-49)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.40
    • UNREQUITED
      UNREQUITED (pp. 50-50)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.41
    • THE PROPOSAL
      THE PROPOSAL (pp. 51-51)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.42
    • TWO POETS: A SEQUEL
      TWO POETS: A SEQUEL (pp. 52-52)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.43
    • GROOMING
      GROOMING (pp. 53-54)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.44
  6. THREE
    • METAPHYSICAL
      METAPHYSICAL (pp. 57-57)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.45
    • LONG AFTER DARK AT THE CHURCH CARNIVAL
      LONG AFTER DARK AT THE CHURCH CARNIVAL (pp. 58-58)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.46
    • ON HEARING A LECTURE ON STARS
      ON HEARING A LECTURE ON STARS (pp. 59-59)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.47
    • THE CHAPEL THAT TEMPTED O’KEEFFE TO BECOME A CATHOLIC
      THE CHAPEL THAT TEMPTED O’KEEFFE TO BECOME A CATHOLIC (pp. 60-60)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.48
    • AT THE SMALLEST NATIONAL CEMETERY, BALLS BLUFF, VA
      AT THE SMALLEST NATIONAL CEMETERY, BALLS BLUFF, VA (pp. 61-61)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.49
    • PLANES
      PLANES (pp. 62-62)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.50
    • KEY OF HEAVEN
      KEY OF HEAVEN (pp. 63-64)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.51
    • ALL THE THINGS I COULDN’T SAY
      ALL THE THINGS I COULDN’T SAY (pp. 65-65)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.52
    • CRECHE
      CRECHE (pp. 66-67)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.53
    • SCULPTURE: THE YOUNG ACROBAT
      SCULPTURE: THE YOUNG ACROBAT (pp. 68-68)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.54
    • SMALL FIRES—NAGASAKI
      SMALL FIRES—NAGASAKI (pp. 69-69)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.55
    • LULLABY OF THE TRAIN
      LULLABY OF THE TRAIN (pp. 70-70)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.56
    • ONE EYE
      ONE EYE (pp. 71-71)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.57
    • CHILD IN ART THERAPY
      CHILD IN ART THERAPY (pp. 72-72)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.58
    • THIS WAY, THAT WAY
      THIS WAY, THAT WAY (pp. 73-73)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.59
    • AT RISK
      AT RISK (pp. 74-75)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.60
    • PRETENDING IN THE SHOWER TO BE BLIND
      PRETENDING IN THE SHOWER TO BE BLIND (pp. 76-76)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.61
    • PATIENT
      PATIENT (pp. 77-78)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.62
    • YAK
      YAK (pp. 79-79)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.63
    • AFTER THE FLOWER
      AFTER THE FLOWER (pp. 80-80)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.64
    • VANISHING POINT(S)
      VANISHING POINT(S) (pp. 81-81)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.65
    • GLASS
      GLASS (pp. 82-82)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.66
    • THOUGHTS ON ST. AGATHA
      THOUGHTS ON ST. AGATHA (pp. 83-84)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.67
    • EARTH DAY
      EARTH DAY (pp. 85-85)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.68
    • NOTE FROM A TRAIN
      NOTE FROM A TRAIN (pp. 86-86)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.69
    • ON THE HIGH SPEED TRAIN TO VENDOME, I SEE A WOMAN WHO LOOKS LIKE MADAME CEZANNE
      ON THE HIGH SPEED TRAIN TO VENDOME, I SEE A WOMAN WHO LOOKS LIKE MADAME CEZANNE (pp. 87-88)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.70
    • PHRYGIAN
      PHRYGIAN (pp. 89-89)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.71
  7. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (pp. 90-91)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.72
  8. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
    ABOUT THE AUTHOR (pp. 92-92)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.73
  9. THE MAY SWENSON POETRY AWARD
    THE MAY SWENSON POETRY AWARD (pp. 93-93)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgk4t.74