| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 66 pages) |
| Series |
Mary Burritt Christiansen poetry series |
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Mary Burritt Christiansen poetry series.
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| Contents |
Cody -- Kimberly -- Dagmar I -- Dagmar II -- Indian Hospital -- Hitch-hiking at 28 -- Dagmar III -- Cruzita -- A quieter heart -- My sabbatical -- Castillo -- Easter weekend -- Joey -- The governor's son -- Juan -- Monday morning -- A heart-to-heart with Dad -- Marcello -- Barabbas -- Marcos -- Children's Psychiatric Hospital -- Gerzon -- Twelve hours in the car -- Our Las Cruces hearings -- A visitation from Sister Sue -- Life presents difficult choices -- Suspended from summer prep school -- Poetry at the juvie -- Mary Oliver's limitations -- Fourth of july in New Mexico -- Thinking of her -- Kirsten -- Isais -- Snakes -- Bartlett Mesa -- Our second trip to Montana -- After work -- The untimely death of a pan-handler -- Hope House denied: unwelcome in Santa Fe -- Montana, again -- Breakfast with my patron -- Policy meetings -- Central Avenue -- The fifties are back -- Political aspirations -- Cowgirl Bar -- Inauguration night |
| Summary |
"Bill O'Neill's poems are graceful, fluid, and revealing. They are powerful and tender in the same breath, but this ain't no sit-around, clap-your-hands, feel-good poetry. The Definition of Empty is holistically intoxicating, laced with acts of forgiveness and compassion, so much of what is needed in the world right now."--Levi Romero, Inaugural New Mexico Poet Laureate, 2020 The Definition of Empty is the story of a dedicated advocate trying to help adolescents facing incarceration and newly released parolees navigate imperfect and seemingly indifferent legal systems and societies. Told from the point of view of a public servant trying his best to work with people at various levels of brokenness, these poems are compassionate, heartbreaking, and even sometimes brutal while the voice is gentle, outraged, and naive in turns. With this collection O'Neill insists that readers bear witness to the struggles of disenfranchised people they might otherwise ignore"-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 15, 2021) |
| Subject |
American poetry -- 21st century.
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American poetry
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| Genre/Form |
poetry.
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Poetry
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Poetry.
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Poésie.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020040358 |
| ISBN |
9780826362247 |
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0826362249 |
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