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Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:ADVANCE PRAISE FOR BUCOLICS "In these marvelous addresses to the Almighty, Maurice Manning reminds us of our agrarian roots and that our best metaphors for the ineffable all spring from the soil. These psalms, powerful and hectoring, tautological and unique, are reminiscent of King David's. They are spellbinding." --Mark Jarman, author of To the Green Man PRAISE FOR THE POETRY OF MAURICE MANNING: "A fresh and brilliant talent."—W. S. MERWIN "A Companion for Owls conjures the historical D. Boone, Long Hunter, with astonishing intimacy and convincingness, while at the same time using him to stage profoundly nonhistorical scenes. The lucidity and surprise and soulfulness of their language embody an intelligence and sensibility attainable only in high art. Several times I have had to put Owl down with a shudder, and reload. This is thrilling work." — James Baker Hall, poet laureate of Kentucky Review:"In his third collection, Yale Younger Poets prize — winner Manning goes for a new twist on the traditional genre of pastoral poetry: he praises nature, but also engages in a postmodern conversation with a version of a higher power, which he calls 'Boss.' In 78 rolling, untitled, unpunctuated poems, which mostly keep to an iambic beat, Manning's curious, grateful and mischievous speaker spars with his unanswering deity, alternately singing praise ('...Boss a horse beside/ a tree it makes me happy'), reeling in doubt ('...if I/ could find the little ladder Boss/ that's leaning straight against the sky/ how many rungs would I have to climb'), teasing ('...you just/ can't get above your raising Boss') and railing against the silence that answer his outcries ('...Boss you hold/ me down you hold me back/ you push against me O/ I hope you're happy now'). The poems do get repetitive — Manning establishes his strategies at the outset and then uses them again and again — but the insistent rhythm is born of real enthusiasm." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Synopsis:Cascading from one page to another, the seventy poems in this collection read like a love song to creation. Maurice Manning extolls the virtues of nature and its many gifts, and finds deep gratitude for the mysterious hand that created it all. Unpunctuated and untitled, the work wraps you in its reverie and reminds you of the many wonders all around us. Poetry like this is a celebration of life and language, of everything that is. Synopsis:Untitled and unpunctuated, the seventy poems in this collection seem to cascade from one page to another. Maurice Manning extolls the virtues of nature and its many gifts, and finds deep gratitude for the mysterious hand that created it all. that bare branch that branch made black by the rain the silver raindrop hanging from the black branch Boss I like that black branch I like that shiny raindrop Boss tell me if Im wrong but it makes me think youre looking right at me now isnt that a lark for me to think you look that way upside down like a tree frog Boss Im not surprised at all I wouldnt doubt it for a minute youre always up to something Ill say one thing youre all right all right you are even when youre hanging Boss About the AuthorMAURICE MANNINGs poems have appeared in the Southern Review, the Virginia Quarterly Review, and the New Yorker, and his first collection of poems was awarded the Yale Younger Poets Award. He teaches English at Indiana University. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana, and Danville, Kentucky. Table of ContentsContents boss of the grassy green 1 did you ever have a nickname Boss 3 the night is trotting toward me Boss 4 what color is your collar Boss 5 youre the hay maker Boss 7 do you get happy Boss do you 8 do you have a table 9 O Boss sometimes you take it all 10 are you ever sorry Boss ever 11 you spread the nighttime Boss 12 I told that old dog he 13 why Boss why do the days drift by 14 are you ever in my chest Boss 15 if you had a feed sack Boss what 16 how big is your hand Boss hold it up 17 the light inside the shadow how 18 I like the weaving bees I like 19 there was a fox Boss in my dream 20 you swirl the dirt like nobodys business 21 Ive got butterflies Boss 22 you make it all seem easy Boss 23 yes Ive tried to hide my face 24 did you pull yourself up by your bootstraps Boss 26 Im sure youve got a sweet spot 27 I guess youve got a lot 28 you toss the stars like clover seed 29 that bare branch that branch made black 30 the two of us were cut 31 boss of the blue sky boss 32 you move in every direction 33 did you teach the woodpecker how 34 the birds the bugs even the trees Boss 35 when you push the clouds so close together Boss 36 the river looks so level Boss 37 is that you Boss is that 38 of course I like the sun 40 do you have a busy season Boss 41 Im happy Boss happy as a bird 43 did you boss the horse against the barn 44 is there another sky besides 46 the field is flatter than 48 unless my nose is itchy Boss 49 if I say Ive sprung the spring in my step 50 I wonder Boss in all 51 before my eye was burning like 52 the way that buzzard hops it makes 53 I put my face against 54 when I chop wood you warm me twice 55 O boss of ashes boss of dust 56 Ive got a picture of you Boss 57 I got up early Boss the moon 58 your other favorite word 59 Im like an oak tree Boss O 61 you windy blowhard Boss 62 do you put your trousers on one leg 64 are you against me Boss 65 say what have you got underneath 66 guess what Boss Im not even 67 when I see the shadow of the hawk 68 can I say whew to you now Boss 69 you let out light to tease the shadows 70 listen Boss dont think that I 72 my hay day Boss is every day 73 if I didnt know you better Boss 74 the first hawk you hung up in the sky 76 you know that little song 77 it doesnt bother me Boss to have 78 is your barn stuffed to the roof beam 79 beyond the field this time 80 would you trade hee-haws with a crow 82 does an old dog toll beside you Boss 84 you leave a little night inside 86 would you be lonesome if I swam 87 weve always been like this 89 you raise the hawk you hoist the crows 90 thank you for the leaf Boss 92 am I your helper Boss or am 93 Ive got one thing to say to you 94 What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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