The Granite Pail Poems

The handle of it was blue.

The granite pail poems.

Selected poems edited by cid corman. North point press 1985. Van ess don t shoot the rail asa gray the clothesline post well spring old man who seined you are my friend paul old mother what horror he lived childhood summers i knew a clean man in the great snowfall swept snow li po the graves i rose from marsh mud my mother saw the green tree toad i am sick with the. My friend tree there s a better shine my friend tree along the river black hawk held remember my little granite pail the museum man mr.

In reason land cannot be sold only things to be carried away and i am old. Lorine niedecker cid corman editor 4 34 rating details 340 ratings 41 reviews poetry. Remember my little granite pail. Alicia ostriker viewed cid corman as a poet s poet.

The complete writings of lorine niedecker 1985. And lake superior 2013 which published niedecker s long poem lake superior along with a collection of her personal geological and historical. The handle of it was blue. Remember my little granite pail.

Lorine niedecker collected works 2002 which collects all of niedecker s poems as well as reviews and other prose. Five volumes of niedecker s poetry have been published since her death. Between your house and mine. The selected poems of lorine niedecker 1985.

Selected poems of lorine niedecker 1985 harpsichord salt fish 1991 new goose listening chamber 2002 collected works university of california press 2002 letters. The poems that appear in the granite pail are highly influenced by zukofsky s aesthetic but they are also influenced by niedecker s own reading and experimentation in such poetic movements as. Jargon society inland book company 1985. The granite pail contains about seventy five poems selected by niedecker s friend and fellow poet cid corman from three of her books of poetry.

The selected poems of lorine niedecker 1996 and word for word. Harpsichord salt fish. A writer neither very profuse all his books are slender ones nor very aggressive but central. The title of the book is taken from one of her poems.

The selected poems by. The section headings in this book of poems are all vintage niedecker but they stake out the poems in three large masses. Think what s got away in my life was enough to carry me thru. My friend tree by lorine niedecker poems academy of american poets.

Edited by cid corman. He also edited many notable books including the granite pail. The academy of american poets is the largest membership based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting american poets. To read corman is to become conscious of one s breathing how slightly it separates us from things like stones.

Think what s got away in my life was enough to carry me thru.