| Description |
106 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Contents : Ice for the Ice Trade -- My 1979 -- Hermit Crab -- Princess Stephanie -- A covered bridge in Littleton, New Hampshire -- My 1980 -- Over Sacramento -- Kites -- Swans at a pond by JFK Airport -- To the naked mole rats at the National Zoo -- My 1981 -- Inside outside Stephanie -- Scarlet, a Betta -- Roly-Poly bug -- After Callimachus (So reactionaries...) -- Palinode with Playmobil Figurines -- My 1982 -- Fifth Grade time capsule -- Cloud studies -- My 1983 -- Black raspberry canes -- First kiss Stephanie -- Taboos at twelve -- Esprit Stephanie -- After Callimachus (Half of me...) -- The Cars' greatest hits -- Mean girls -- My 1985 -- Fairy story Stephanie -- Herring gull -- Electrical Flora -- My 1986 -- Water strider -- Gymnastics Stephanie -- Cicadas -- My 1987 -- School smoking lounge Stephanie -- Palinode with study guide, spackling knife, and sewing kit -- After Callimachus (Why do I write?) -- Sadder -- A nickel on top of a penny -- Advice from the lights -- Anubis -- Paper Stephanie -- Helium -- A crime at Pattaya -- The sun rising -- Royal botanical -- Pastorale -- Advice or prayer for airports -- Indian Stream Republic -- Écossaise -- Spoken for a pair of ferrets -- After Callimachus (It's hard work...) -- Tierra Stephanie -- Secondhand flashlight -- Creative writing -- Final exam Stephanie -- Advice for holding together -- Tourmalines -- Washingtonian -- Advice from Rock Creek Park -- Suspense -- December 2016 -- Resolved -- Fuzzy Golem doll with 6" keychain -- Concord grapes -- White Lobelia -- Notes -- Acknowledgments. |
| Subject |
Burt, Stephanie, 1971- -- Poetry.
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American poetry.
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| ISBN |
1555977898 (paperback) |
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9781555977894 (paperback) |
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