Hometown for an hour : poems

Hometown for an hour : poems / Jennifer Rose.

In her second collection of poems, Jennifer Rose writes primarily of places and displacement. Using the postcard's conventions of brevity, immediacy, and, in some instances, humor, these poems are greetings from destinations as disparate as Cape Cod, Kentuckiana, and Croatia. Rich in imagery, d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rose, Jennifer, 1959-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2006.
Series:Hollis Summers Poetry Prize.
Subjects:
American poetry.
American literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Poetry.
POETRY > General.
American literature
American poetry
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Alton Bay Postcard; Evanston Postcard; Winter, Chicago; Lincoln Park Postcard; Corydon Postcard; Kentuckiana Postcards; Postcard to Robin in Kent, Ohio; Cape House; Cape Cod Postcard; Metaphors at Low Tide; Postcard from Herring Brook Road; Eastham Postcard; Sunken Meadow Postcard; Off-Season; Provincetown Postcard; East End Postcard; The Storm; Postcard from Herring Cove Beach; Route 1 Postcard; Menlo Park Postcard; Mt. San Angelo Postcard; Country Headache; Country Erotica; Country Holiday; Night Train; Victoriana; Southern Postcard; Gettysburg Postcard; Appomattox Postcard.
  • Virginia Postcard Lipik Postcard; Letter from Orahovica; Mostar Postcard; Hampstead Postcard; Washington, D.C., Postcard; Harvard Square Postcard; Back Bay Postcard; Bay State Road; Mackinac Island Postcard; Vermont Postcard; Niagara Falls Postcard; Buffalo Postcard; Delaware Park Postcard; Two Postcards from Forest Lawn Cemetery; Prairie Postcard; Lake Forest Postcard; Ragdale Postcard; Over; Maintenon Postcard.

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