Hummingbird Sleep
Hummingbird Sleep: Poems, 2009-2011
Coleman Barks
Copyright Date: 2013
Published by: University of Georgia Press
Pages: 128
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Hummingbird Sleep
Book Description:

The poems inHummingbird Sleep move associatively between Coleman Barks's personal experience and his extensive reading, weaving together a wild and eclectic range of material. A discussion of Plotinus, Barks's appearance on PBS NewsHour, a note Keats once left on Wordsworth's mantelpiece, a splinter in the heel, and a quote from the Upanishads-all make their way into Barks's most recent poems, which achieve intimacy and expansiveness at the same time.

eISBN: 978-0-8203-4575-8
Subjects: Language & Literature
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. i-v)
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. vi-x)
  3. Starting Out from Ted Hughes’ Letters
    Starting Out from Ted Hughes’ Letters (pp. 1-3)
  4. My Face and My Voice
    My Face and My Voice (pp. 4-8)
  5. Lightning Bugs and the Pleiades
    Lightning Bugs and the Pleiades (pp. 9-11)
  6. My Segment on the NewsHour
    My Segment on the NewsHour (pp. 12-13)
  7. Accordion Sections
    Accordion Sections (pp. 14-18)
  8. Our Next Dying
    Our Next Dying (pp. 19-21)
  9. Word Choice
    Word Choice (pp. 22-24)
  10. Snow Day, the Word God, and the Threat of the Power Going Off
    Snow Day, the Word God, and the Threat of the Power Going Off (pp. 25-27)
  11. Old Men Out Walking
    Old Men Out Walking (pp. 28-31)
  12. Inbetween Deaths
    Inbetween Deaths (pp. 32-34)
  13. The Splinter and the Riversticks
    The Splinter and the Riversticks (pp. 35-36)
  14. The Scar on the Back of My Right Hand
    The Scar on the Back of My Right Hand (pp. 37-37)
  15. The Tuesday before Thanksgiving
    The Tuesday before Thanksgiving (pp. 38-39)
  16. Tuck’s Coach
    Tuck’s Coach (pp. 40-40)
  17. Piecemeal
    Piecemeal (pp. 41-43)
  18. Rise & Fall
    Rise & Fall (pp. 44-44)
  19. November Nights
    November Nights (pp. 45-46)
  20. A Perfect New Moon
    A Perfect New Moon (pp. 47-47)
  21. Working Parts
    Working Parts (pp. 48-48)
  22. Boscage
    Boscage (pp. 49-50)
  23. Iron-Knocking
    Iron-Knocking (pp. 51-51)
  24. Catkins
    Catkins (pp. 52-53)
  25. Darling
    Darling (pp. 54-54)
  26. Celery Hearts
    Celery Hearts (pp. 55-55)
  27. Two Squirrel Stories
    Two Squirrel Stories (pp. 56-57)
  28. There Ain’t Nothing Like It
    There Ain’t Nothing Like It (pp. 58-63)
  29. He said, Benjamin my son said, . . .
    He said, Benjamin my son said, . . . (pp. 64-64)
  30. Salinger in Arabic
    Salinger in Arabic (pp. 65-67)
  31. Peter O’Callahan’s Dream of Me Not Being Here
    Peter O’Callahan’s Dream of Me Not Being Here (pp. 68-70)
  32. Witness
    Witness (pp. 71-72)
  33. A Sky-Opening
    A Sky-Opening (pp. 73-73)
  34. Middle Falls
    Middle Falls (pp. 74-75)
  35. Occasional
    Occasional (pp. 76-76)
  36. Seagull
    Seagull (pp. 77-78)
  37. Hummingbird Sleep
    Hummingbird Sleep (pp. 79-79)
  38. The VOICE inside WATER
    The VOICE inside WATER (pp. 80-89)
  39. Got to Stop
    Got to Stop (pp. 90-90)
  40. What I Am Sure Of
    What I Am Sure Of (pp. 91-92)
  41. Coffeehouse Notes
    Coffeehouse Notes (pp. 93-94)
  42. Fox
    Fox (pp. 95-95)
  43. Robert and Noah
    Robert and Noah (pp. 96-96)
  44. Original Sins
    Original Sins (pp. 97-98)
  45. It Is Raining with the Sun Out
    It Is Raining with the Sun Out (pp. 99-100)
  46. Blessing-Bow
    Blessing-Bow (pp. 101-102)
  47. Anytime
    Anytime (pp. 103-103)
  48. Midafternoon Midsummer
    Midafternoon Midsummer (pp. 104-104)
  49. We Laugh Together
    We Laugh Together (pp. 105-106)
  50. The Gift of a Comeback
    The Gift of a Comeback (pp. 107-109)
  51. Heavy Rain in the Parking Lot
    Heavy Rain in the Parking Lot (pp. 110-110)
  52. Wittgenstein
    Wittgenstein (pp. 111-111)
  53. Grief in the Tub
    Grief in the Tub (pp. 112-112)
  54. NOTES
    NOTES (pp. 113-116)
  55. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (pp. 117-118)
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