If ever there were a time for a long title this would be it. Disorder -- Five-story house -- Each night I send my courage out -- Sestina obbligato -- Invitation -- Duplex for the noonday demon -- Pelt -- Why is my angel so small? -- Nocturne after Kelly Weber -- Links -- Daguerreo -- Father as ghost or sheep or nothing -- Wake-up call -- Earth has hiked her skirt -- Emily -- Colorado Cottonwoods -- portent -- National Register of Champion Trees -- When I say I am not a morning person -- Deciduous -- NivoĢse -- Preface -- Owl -- Hermitage -- Spinnaker -- Pivot of the river duck -- North Shields ponds -- Ghazal flying solo -- My womb as a room on Airbnb -- O for a muse on fire -- Baubo -- Smash room -- Drive-in movie -- Strings -- Artificial ceiling -- My grandmother cannot understand why I would want to hear her birth story -- Getaway car -- Part of me hurtling toward -- If ever there were a time for a long title this would be it.
Summary:
"Erica Reid's debut collection, Ghost Man on Second, traces a daughter's search for her place in the world after estrangement from her parents. Reid writes, "It's hard to feel at home unless I'm aching." Growing from this sense of isolation, Reid's stories create new homes in nature, in mythology, and in poetic forms--including sestinas, sonnets, and golden shovels--containers that create and hold new realizations and vantage points. Reid stands up to members of her family, asking for healing amid dissolving bonds. These poems move through emotional registers, embodying nostalgia, hurt, and hope. Throughout Ghost Man on Second, the poems portray Reid's active grappling with home and confrontation with the ghosts she finds there"-- Provided by publisher.
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