Above the Birch Line: Poems
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781944838898
ISBN-10: 1944838899
Pagini: 98
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.14 kg
Editura: Gallaudet University Press
Colecția Gallaudet University Press
ISBN-10: 1944838899
Pagini: 98
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.14 kg
Editura: Gallaudet University Press
Colecția Gallaudet University Press
Notă biografică
Pia Taavila-Borsheim is a retired professor of literature and creative writing at Gallaudet University. Her previous works include Moon on the Meadow: Collected Poems, Two Winters, and Love Poems. She lives in Presque Isle, Michigan.
Extras
Norwegian Krone, 1891
My grandfather once gave me a silver coin
worth two ore. On one side, a rampant lion,
crowned, and on the back, the number two,
encircled by a wreath of linden leaves.
I carried this coin in my pocket every day,
going out and coming in, while playing,
reading in the town library,
waxing my skis, or meeting classmates to sing
every evening in the pine-ringed square.
I would slide my hand down to feel its rigid
edges, its markings raised in relief.
It smelled of his tobacco, his cologne.
It never slipped out, even as I hung, upside
down, in the tree I’d climbed, swaying
in the breeze off the fjord, nor when leaping
from rock to rock below the jagged cliffs.
The year stamped on its face was 1891,
the year of his birth. I give this coin now
to you, wrapped in purple tissue paper,
tied with an orange ribbon. As you move
about, as this coin jangles with its mates,
rubbing themselves smooth and shiny,
think of me. Touch its gleaming surface.
Finger its impressions. Keep it safe.
My grandfather once gave me a silver coin
worth two ore. On one side, a rampant lion,
crowned, and on the back, the number two,
encircled by a wreath of linden leaves.
I carried this coin in my pocket every day,
going out and coming in, while playing,
reading in the town library,
waxing my skis, or meeting classmates to sing
every evening in the pine-ringed square.
I would slide my hand down to feel its rigid
edges, its markings raised in relief.
It smelled of his tobacco, his cologne.
It never slipped out, even as I hung, upside
down, in the tree I’d climbed, swaying
in the breeze off the fjord, nor when leaping
from rock to rock below the jagged cliffs.
The year stamped on its face was 1891,
the year of his birth. I give this coin now
to you, wrapped in purple tissue paper,
tied with an orange ribbon. As you move
about, as this coin jangles with its mates,
rubbing themselves smooth and shiny,
think of me. Touch its gleaming surface.
Finger its impressions. Keep it safe.
Cuprins
Contents
Notes from Childhood
Norwegian Krone, 1891 3
Down the Road 4
November, 1963 5
Ortiz’ Dry Cleaners 6
On the Au Sable River 7
Flag Pole 8
Notes for My Former Loves
Two Birds 11
Climbing the Bluff 12
Wake 13
Sherry Glasses 14
Marriage 15
After He Leaves 16
The Internet Dating Game 17
Frame 18
Notes from My Travels
Longitude 21
Lost 22
At the Ferry 23
Colorado Farewell 24
Thirst 25
Massage Therapy 26
Piazza 27
Mangalore 28
I See Horses 29
Underground 30
Notes from Motherhood
A Mother’s Lament 33
Root 34
Soldier Son 35
Hovering 36
Fare Well to Six Children 37
Notes to David
Thunder Bay 41
Chance 42
Wisp 43
Shopping 44
Proposal 45
Roofline 46
Psalm 47
Desire 48
Marriage to a Widower 49
Wednesday Mornings 50
For David 51
Delayed Gratification 52
Solstice: Still Life with Husband 53
Notes Toward Aging
While Weeding 57
From Car to Schwinn and Back Again 58
Main Street 59
Diskobolos 60
First Drafts 61
For Aging Couples 62
March Morning 63
Presque Isle Landscape 64
Notes from Childhood
Norwegian Krone, 1891 3
Down the Road 4
November, 1963 5
Ortiz’ Dry Cleaners 6
On the Au Sable River 7
Flag Pole 8
Notes for My Former Loves
Two Birds 11
Climbing the Bluff 12
Wake 13
Sherry Glasses 14
Marriage 15
After He Leaves 16
The Internet Dating Game 17
Frame 18
Notes from My Travels
Longitude 21
Lost 22
At the Ferry 23
Colorado Farewell 24
Thirst 25
Massage Therapy 26
Piazza 27
Mangalore 28
I See Horses 29
Underground 30
Notes from Motherhood
A Mother’s Lament 33
Root 34
Soldier Son 35
Hovering 36
Fare Well to Six Children 37
Notes to David
Thunder Bay 41
Chance 42
Wisp 43
Shopping 44
Proposal 45
Roofline 46
Psalm 47
Desire 48
Marriage to a Widower 49
Wednesday Mornings 50
For David 51
Delayed Gratification 52
Solstice: Still Life with Husband 53
Notes Toward Aging
While Weeding 57
From Car to Schwinn and Back Again 58
Main Street 59
Diskobolos 60
First Drafts 61
For Aging Couples 62
March Morning 63
Presque Isle Landscape 64
Notes Toward Death
We Birds in Love 67
Sail 68
To My Biographer 69
Toward Death 70
Passage 71
Haiku Sequence: Night Watch 72
Winter Night 75
Acknowledgments 77
Gratitude and Thanks 80
About the Author 81
Descriere
Above the Birch Line reflects a lifetime of observation and experience, and offers glimpses of the loves, aches, and comforts that have accompanied author Pia Taavila-Borsheim along the way.