"2015 Emergence Chapbook Prize Winner"--Verso of half-title page. Clear day in January, a Chapbook"--Cover.
Contents:
"Clear day in January -- Kindred -- This time -- So much light -- Lake weather -- North at night -- On Hillside streets -- Sunday night -- Aftermath -- Nothing prepared us -- North country hot spell -- Summer locket -- Downstate locket -- Downstate summer -- Shift -- Meridian -- Outskirts -- Distance -- Board meeting -- Letter -- Recovery north -- Vanishing point -- Residue.
Summary:
The poems in this collection explore the seen and unseen in the boreal landscapes of northern Minnesota. Beginning in January, the poems progress through spring to the infernal heat of summer to autumnal thinning and back to winter.
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