All year long I pedantically labeled blank maps of mysterious countries—I assumed they were real—but not once did I see these countries in the context of the globe. I had no idea where they were in relation to me.
Why should she be required to pinpoint a country with no relationship to her? Harry Thomas has published translations and his own poems, essays, and reviews in many magazines, most recently in Poetry Northwest , the Michigan Quarterly Review , Threepenny Review , and on Slate. The Remarkable Case of Dorothy L. Smith, 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Historic Preservation for Professionals.
Nobody gave me a bridge, a door, a way in. I assume Budapest has a few stable bridges—so people can get from Buda to Pest. I mean Bridget has enough on her plate with losing 15 lbs.
Editorial Reviews. Review. "Kevin Oberlin's deft sonnets, like the Texas chanteuse they Spotlit Girl: 3 (Wick Chapbook Series 4) by [Oberlin, Kevin]. ISBN Poetry, Wick Chapbook These little A-list marvels of craft open up the world of a young B-list Texas jazz singer, From the Star Spangled Banner at a racetrack to the warm-up for B. B. King, Spotlit Girl is a nimble.
Why should she be required to pinpoint a country with no relationship to her? I feel the place is leaving me. We want to help countries, but we don't want to be stuck in their conflicts forever.
The window of opportunity to escape In the center of the ring, you balance a blue-skirted rider, her ruffled edge the audience, blinking in a gust of lights. Your trainer has taught you to bear barebacked, mane a cirrus trail feathered by exhales.
Struggle and splash drag my eyes to the lakeshore. Wing in water, log in lake The Resource Spotlit girl: The item Spotlit girl: Summary Kevin Oberlin's deft sonnets, like the Texas chanteuse they describe, are lively and picaresque, 'nervy' and 'coy,' and they unreel their story with dazzling speed.
These little A-list marvels of craft open up the world of a young B-list Texas jazz singer, her over-the-top mother, her venues, her agent, and her creepy fans. Oberlin makes it clear that despite the details of hotels, cell phones, poker hands, and trips to the gym, these poems are more importantly about persistence, bravery, the sweat beneath the shine, and the act of singing itself. He's written an ars poetica, a poet's take on a singer's soul.
There's no chaff here, only a handful of beautiful, flexible, elastic sonnets written with natural ease. From the Star Spangled Banner at a racetrack to the warm-up for B.
King, Spotlit Girl is a nimble character study that captures both the craziness of a performer's life and the time-stopping intimacy between a vocalist and her audience. The singer's in the spotlight, and Kevin Oberlin has the focus and the dazzle to make her shine. Extent 1 online resource 18 p.
B LC item number S65 eb Literary form poetry Nature of contents dictionaries Series statement Wick poetry chapbook series four Series volume bk. File format unknown Form of item online Isbn Isbn Type electronic bk.