Augury: Poems - Eric Pankey

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Résumé :
?Eric Pankey?s poems gleam with authenticity.??Chase Twichell

Biographie:
Eric Pankey is the author of twelve collections of poetry, most recently Crow-Work. He is the recipient of a Walt Whitman Award, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and a Library of Virginia Literary Award. His work has appeared in the New Yorker, Iowa Review, Kenyon Review, Field, Gettysburg Review, and Poetry Daily, as well as numerous anthologies, including Best American Poetry 2011 (edited by Kevin Young). He is currently a professor of English and Heritage Chair in Writing at George Mason University. He lives in Fairfax, Virginia.

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Contents

AUGURY
SPECULATION ON SUFFERING
ORACLE BONES
SPECULATION ON A STAR-NURSERY
EPIPHENOMENON
SPECULATION ON THE HISTORY OF DRAWING
ELEGY FOR CY TWOMBLY
THE FIG
LOST
DROPPED STITCHES
GHOST SHIP or UNION OF THE TORUS AND THE SPHERE
AT SENANQUE ABBEY
SPECULATION ON THE DARK AGES
SYNOPSIS OF A BATTLE
SPECULATION ON MELANCHOLIA
PROOFS AND REFUTATIONS
THE FRAGILE INSTANT THE NIGHT LIGHTS UP
READING MONTALE IN PROVENCE
SPECULATION ON THE LITTLE ICE AGE
DOUBLE EXPOSURE
LOOSE LEAVES OF UNPURSUED SPECULATIONS
SPECULATION ON THE PRESENT TENSE
THIS IS THE HOUR
TWO STUDIES FOR A PARABLE
SPECULATION ON IMMANENCE
REMOTE SENSING
SPECULATION ON THE WEIGHT OF YESTERDAY
NOON OUTSIDE THE CITY WALL
ARS POETICA
SPECULATION ON THE ABSENT GOD
THE LITTLE VILLAGE
CREATION MYTH
INTELLIGENCE
AT THE END OF THE LAST GLACIAL PERIOD
HIGH PASTURE
BURNT OFFERING
VESPERS
SPECULATION ON THE VOLCANO
PINHOLE PHOTOGRAPH
ANOTHER TIME
SPECULATION ON INVISIBILITY
SPECULATION ON CAUSE AND EFFECT
THE CHANGELING
KANSAS CITY 1969

STASIS IN MOTION or THE SHOWER SCENE IN DOUGLAS GORDAN's 24 HOUR PSYCHO LASTS A HALF-HOUR
ANEMOGRAPH
ST. LOUIS ELEGY
THE FRICTION BETWEEN A STRING AND BOW CALLS FORTH A PLAINTIVE HYMN
STUDY FOR THE BATTLE OF THE REBEL ANGELS
SPECULATION ON THE AFTERLIFE
ANOTHER SPECULATION ON THE AFTERLIFE
SOUVENIR DE VOYAGE

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