Dome of the hidden pavilion : new poems / James Tate.
Material type:![Text](/opac-tmpl/lib/famfamfam/BK.png)
- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0062399209
- 9780062399205
- Poems. Selections
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Main Library | NonFiction | 811.6 T216 | Available | 33111008061877 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The seventeenth book of verse from one of America's finest and most acclaimed contemporary poets--winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.
Capturing his inimitable voice--provocative, amusing, understated, and riotous all at once--the poems in Dome of the Hidden Pavilion demonstrate James Tate at his finest. Innovative and fresh, they range in subject from a talking blob to a sobering reminiscence of a war and its aftereffects.
Though they are diverse in scope, a theme of dialogue and communication--and often miscommunication--links these poems. Accessible yet subtly surrealist, filled with dark wit, dry humor, and a deceptive simplicity, Dome of the Hidden Pavilion confirms Tate's continuing relevance as one of the most celebrated American poets of the modern age.
I. Mr. Leaves -- A Largely Questioning Article Offering Few Answers -- The Baby -- The Rabbit God -- My Doctor's Appointment -- The Blob -- The Psychiatric Unit -- Cement -- The New Mayor -- The Photograph of Lincoln -- The -- My Wife, The Gardener -- The Wrong Wedding -- Assignment Haiti -- The Cows -- Toy Soldiers -- The Battlefield -- Peace -- The Oilman -- After The War -- Conspiracy -- The Soldiers' Rebellion -- The Captain -- The Escape -- Night-Wandering Animal -- Explosive Device -- The Invasion -- The Mission -- Investigation -- The Wrong Man -- The Grandson -- Life's Game -- The Guards -- The Lost Army -- The Key To The Universe -- The Pandas Of Wichita -- Depression -- The American Dream -- Home -- Greatness -- An Eel On the Line -- The Leader -- The Long Drive -- II. Low Flying -- The Three Little Boys -- The Pearls -- I Wrote Myself A Letter -- The Blue Delusion -- the French Novel -- That's Not My Duty -- The Aquatic Ape -- Some Things I Need -- Buddha -- To Russia With Love -- The Goddess -- Beer For the Fairies -- The Moose -- The Encyclopedia Salesman -- The Holman Diary -- The Friars Club Fellow -- The Orchid -- Possible Suspects -- The Seafaring Boy -- The Blue Ones -- The New Opera -- Brand New Mantra -- Almost A Saint -- Dangerous At Night -- In The Lake -- The Llama -- The Great Wall -- The Interrupted Flow -- Lost At Sea -- The Police Captain's Remorse -- Dome Of The Hidden Temple -- A Walk In The Woods -- My Home -- Manual For Self-Improvement -- Plans To Destroy The World -- Invisible -- The Chicago Dead -- III. The Little Green Man -- Rats -- The Waterfall -- The Mule -- Mimi And The Bear -- Black Widow -- The Suspect -- To Hell And Back -- The Cookie -- The Green Shutters -- Love At First Sight -- Dreaming -- What Are Worms? -- The Flag -- Where The Money Is -- For Rent -- The Grandmother -- The Furnace -- Llamas -- The Afterlife -- The Hammer To The Rescue -- The End Of The Line -- The Dead Animal -- Tenderizer -- The Invisible Alligators -- A Quiet Day On The Porch -- Plastic Story
A series of prose poems takes an absurdest view of everyday life and examines the journey towards its inevitable end.