Description |
1 online resource (71 pages) |
Contents |
Late November -- My mother arranges the manger -- Her mouth -- Dear December -- Second visit from hospice -- Toulouse-Lautrec, a cafe in Paris -- Dear January -- Deduction -- Dear February -- The place where it escapes -- Maternal -- I try to get out of the way so the soul may draw near -- Hymn no. 34, Do not resuscitate -- He says March -- Cherry blossom festival -- Heritage -- Song -- Autobiographia religioso -- Dear April -- Easter -- Birth -- Matias -- Dear May, first hummingbird -- Weather alert -- Cutting my mother's hair -- Tempest -- Dear June, summer solstice -- Nuevo Mexico -- Crone -- Namesake -- Moving to Santa Fe -- Dear July -- Living at 7,000 feet -- Sovereign -- Her second call for sacrament of the sick -- Dear August -- The book I am writing -- Invitation to my house -- Coyote -- The enemy becomes more dangerous -- Rumors -- Dear September -- Desire -- In a book called Sisters -- When the night is still damp with dreams -- Heaven -- Black mesa -- The art of dying -- I called the birds Scissors -- Dear October |
Summary |
"The poems of Dear October chronicle the evolution between the natural world and a daughter caring for her mother during the last year of her life. The spirit of home, family, and mother-daughter relationship intertwine with the diversity of culture and ecology in northern New Mexico"-- Provided by publisher |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Terminally ill parents -- Poetry
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Mothers and daughters -- Poetry
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Terminally ill parents
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Mothers and daughters
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SUBJECT |
New Mexico -- Poetry
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Subject |
New Mexico
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Genre/Form |
Poetry
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781680032239 |
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1680032232 |
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