Crocus
Crocus
Karin Gottshall
Copyright Date: 2007
Published by: Fordham University Press
Pages: 78
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Crocus
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WhetherAligned with the mechanismwhereby the spirit is borne aloftthrough song comes againthe question: whether. And not soothedso much as opened by the boysoprano's Sanctus, what movesin the mind as the throat constrictsin sympathy, one note peeledfrom the last, fine as paper slippedfrom a garlic bulb, veined,translucent, is whether-as ifwound through the spiralingamplitude, purpled, fretted,one voice suspendedin concentration of prayer or terrorwills itself above faltering,more perfect since time mustsoon break it. And made it.Whether and by whatever impossiblearrangement of stars, harmonies,correspondences through whichthe music finds the spirit and likea blade slits and releases,circulates the questionthrough the phrase, the delicateengine-as if it matters: the songrises, everything goes with it.The poems in Crocus take as their starting points the interior universes created by myth, art, andmemory, and through the exploration of these terrains create new ways of understanding the ordinary.

eISBN: 978-0-8232-4763-9
Subjects: Language & Literature
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. i-vi)
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. vii-x)
  3. I
    • The Exile’s Tale
      The Exile’s Tale (pp. 3-4)
    • Threshold
      Threshold (pp. 5-6)
    • Echo
      Echo (pp. 7-7)
    • The Ghost
      The Ghost (pp. 8-8)
    • The Lure of the Exotic
      The Lure of the Exotic (pp. 9-9)
    • The Raspberry Room
      The Raspberry Room (pp. 10-10)
    • Our Lady of the Briars
      Our Lady of the Briars (pp. 11-11)
    • The Otter
      The Otter (pp. 12-12)
    • I was in bed all day with the sun
      I was in bed all day with the sun (pp. 13-13)
    • Insomnia
      Insomnia (pp. 14-14)
    • Inheritance
      Inheritance (pp. 15-15)
    • Keeping House
      Keeping House (pp. 16-17)
    • The Older Man
      The Older Man (pp. 18-18)
    • The Talaria
      The Talaria (pp. 19-20)
    • Pot Washing at Le Lapin d’Or
      Pot Washing at Le Lapin d’Or (pp. 21-21)
    • A Fable
      A Fable (pp. 22-22)
  4. II
    • The Revenant
      The Revenant (pp. 25-25)
    • The Bog Body
      The Bog Body (pp. 26-27)
    • Mallards
      Mallards (pp. 28-28)
    • Whether
      Whether (pp. 29-30)
    • Roanoke
      Roanoke (pp. 31-31)
    • The Riddle
      The Riddle (pp. 32-33)
    • Through and Through Me
      Through and Through Me (pp. 34-34)
    • Cold Front
      Cold Front (pp. 35-35)
    • Unborn
      Unborn (pp. 36-36)
    • Summer
      Summer (pp. 37-37)
    • The Stone
      The Stone (pp. 38-39)
    • Tender
      Tender (pp. 40-40)
    • The Ministry of Snow
      The Ministry of Snow (pp. 41-41)
    • The Ashes
      The Ashes (pp. 42-42)
    • A Walking Tour
      A Walking Tour (pp. 43-43)
    • The Lost World
      The Lost World (pp. 44-46)
  5. III
    • The Current
      The Current (pp. 49-50)
    • The Alice Experiment
      The Alice Experiment (pp. 51-56)
    • Blizzard
      Blizzard (pp. 57-58)
    • Let’s hold it again to the light:
      Let’s hold it again to the light: (pp. 59-59)
    • The Creation of Rain
      The Creation of Rain (pp. 60-60)
    • Despite Myself
      Despite Myself (pp. 61-62)
    • Unreliable Clock
      Unreliable Clock (pp. 63-63)
    • The Grassland
      The Grassland (pp. 64-65)
    • At the Window
      At the Window (pp. 66-66)
    • Describing the Bliss
      Describing the Bliss (pp. 67-68)
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