Beautiful Lesson of the I
Beautiful Lesson of the I: poems
poems by Frances Brent
foreword by Rachel Hadas
Series: Swenson Poetry Award
Copyright Date: 2005
Published by: University Press of Colorado,
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p
Pages: 81
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt4cgn6p
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Beautiful Lesson of the I
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The Beautiful Lesson of the I is a collection of finely made poems by an accomplished poet. It will reward the scholar and the student of poetry, as well as the reader looking for the simple pleasures of poetic insight authentically felt. Winner of the Swenson Poetry Award 2005. Now in paperback.

eISBN: 978-0-87421-522-9
Subjects: Language & Literature
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. i-vi)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.1
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. vii-viii)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.2
  3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (pp. ix-x)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.3
  4. FOREWORD
    FOREWORD (pp. xi-2)
    Rachel Hadas
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.4

    As the pun in its title reminds us, this collection is full of poems about seeing. But since, appropriately for the distilled and trenchant character of this book, no word in the title is inert, the poems in “The Beautiful Lesson” are also about beauty (a word for which I find no good synonym) and about teaching and learning.

    A primary lesson these poems teach: pay attention. The physical smallness of most of them on the page works to focus eye, ear, and mind (and this modest scale, I can’t resist adding, is a welcome contrast to the many poems...

  5. Part One The Clear and Sonorous Air
    • THE CLEAR AND SONOROUS AIR
      THE CLEAR AND SONOROUS AIR (pp. 5-5)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.5
    • THE SILVER SKATES
      THE SILVER SKATES (pp. 6-6)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.6
    • DELFT
      DELFT (pp. 7-7)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.7
    • PORT DE LA ROCHELLE
      PORT DE LA ROCHELLE (pp. 8-8)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.8
    • PLATE AND INSECT
      PLATE AND INSECT (pp. 9-9)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.9
    • LITTLE DREAM BEFORE SLEEP
      LITTLE DREAM BEFORE SLEEP (pp. 10-10)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.10
    • LAMPHOLDER AND BUCKET
      LAMPHOLDER AND BUCKET (pp. 11-11)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.11
    • ANGEL
      ANGEL (pp. 12-12)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.12
    • APPLE
      APPLE (pp. 13-13)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.13
    • BLEEDING HEART
      BLEEDING HEART (pp. 14-14)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.14
    • BLISTERS
      BLISTERS (pp. 15-15)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.15
    • BOTTLES
      BOTTLES (pp. 16-16)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.16
    • BUTTERFLY
      BUTTERFLY (pp. 17-17)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.17
    • CAGE
      CAGE (pp. 18-18)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.18
    • CORPSE
      CORPSE (pp. 19-19)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.19
    • DOG
      DOG (pp. 20-20)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.20
    • EGG
      EGG (pp. 21-21)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.21
    • EGGS IN A BASKET
      EGGS IN A BASKET (pp. 22-22)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.22
    • FIGURE AND MOTH
      FIGURE AND MOTH (pp. 23-23)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.23
    • FIRE
      FIRE (pp. 24-24)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.24
    • FIRE IN THE DOLL’S HOUSE
      FIRE IN THE DOLL’S HOUSE (pp. 25-25)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.25
    • GLOBE
      GLOBE (pp. 26-26)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.26
    • HARLEQUIN
      HARLEQUIN (pp. 27-27)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.27
    • HEART WITH METAL CORDS
      HEART WITH METAL CORDS (pp. 28-28)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.28
    • HEN AND CHICK
      HEN AND CHICK (pp. 29-29)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.29
    • HORSE
      HORSE (pp. 30-30)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.30
    • INFANT
      INFANT (pp. 31-31)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.31
    • MAN AND DEMONS
      MAN AND DEMONS (pp. 32-32)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.32
    • MELON
      MELON (pp. 33-33)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.33
    • THE PLACE WHERE I HARBOR ANGER
      THE PLACE WHERE I HARBOR ANGER (pp. 34-34)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.34
    • PORCELAIN BLUE BOAT
      PORCELAIN BLUE BOAT (pp. 35-35)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.35
    • RAIN ON THE MOUNTAIN
      RAIN ON THE MOUNTAIN (pp. 36-36)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.36
    • THE RAT
      THE RAT (pp. 37-37)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.37
    • ROSE
      ROSE (pp. 38-38)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.38
    • SCISSORS
      SCISSORS (pp. 39-39)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.39
    • SHELLS
      SHELLS (pp. 40-40)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.40
    • SNOW WITH THE CAT
      SNOW WITH THE CAT (pp. 41-41)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.41
    • STAR
      STAR (pp. 42-42)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.42
    • THUNDERMOUTH
      THUNDERMOUTH (pp. 43-43)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.43
    • TREE
      TREE (pp. 44-44)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.44
    • VAGABOND
      VAGABOND (pp. 45-46)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.45
  6. Part Two The Box
    • THE BOX
      THE BOX (pp. 49-49)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.46
    • GHOST CAT
      GHOST CAT (pp. 50-50)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.47
    • RELIC DREAM
      RELIC DREAM (pp. 51-51)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.48
    • THEATRICAL OF CLOWNS
      THEATRICAL OF CLOWNS (pp. 52-52)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.49
    • OLD STORY FROM THE HOUSE WITH PUPPETS
      OLD STORY FROM THE HOUSE WITH PUPPETS (pp. 53-53)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.50
    • THE BEAUTIFUL LESSON OF THE I
      THE BEAUTIFUL LESSON OF THE I (pp. 54-54)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.51
    • STRIKE OR MASSACRE
      STRIKE OR MASSACRE (pp. 55-55)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.52
    • UNDO
      UNDO (pp. 56-56)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.53
    • MEMORY IS THE TREASURE HOUSE OF ALL THINGS
      MEMORY IS THE TREASURE HOUSE OF ALL THINGS (pp. 57-58)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.54
  7. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
    ABOUT THE AUTHOR (pp. 59-60)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.55
  8. THE MAY SWENSON POETRY AWARD
    THE MAY SWENSON POETRY AWARD (pp. 61-61)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt4cgn6p.56