rushes from the river disappointment
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rushes from the river disappointment

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rushes from the river disappointment

About this book

"those of us who've seen miracles know how to ask. / if you've asked, do you love me, i almost certainly / don't love you." This meditative, musically attentive collection explores the confounding nature of intimate relationships. stephanie roberts's poetic expression is often irreverent, unapologetic, and infused with humour that can take surprisingly grave turns. rushes from the river disappointment traverses city, country, and fantasy using nature as artery through the emotional landscape. As they wrestle to come to terms with the effects of uncertainty and grief on hope and belief, these diverse field notes are interspersed with the fabulous: a polar bear and owl engage in flirtation, a time traveller appears on a lake, an erotic scene takes place on a train, and we confront "people capable of eating popcorn at the movie of your agony." roberts's language is dense with images and sometimes acrobatic. In poems that affirm love and desire as treasures fought for more than just felt, rushes from the river disappointment turns an unblinking gaze on the failures of courage that distance us from love.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. CONTENTS
  4. PEOPLE BELIEVING BADLY
  5. TEMPESTA: TUESDAY DECEMBER TWENTIETH THREE THREE THREE AY EM
  6. THE WOODS OF PERHAPS
  7. FOREST NOCTURNE
  8. PASSAGES NORTH
  9. FATHER SON SPIRIT
  10. THIS IS ABOUT BEING BLACK
  11. ALLHALLOWMAS
  12. BOOTS OF SPANISH LEATHER
  13. THE OPENING LITURGY OF THE MORNING’S FIRST DRAFT IS ALL FUCKING WHILE THE EVENING MAKES LOVE AS THE GOOD POET PUTS IT
  14. i never tire of the moon
  15. SET FIRE TO STOP FIRE
  16. SOMETHING TERRIBLE IS GOING TO HAPPEN
  17. CATCHING SIGHT OF THE NIÑA THE PINTA AND THE SANTA MARIA
  18. OFF HOURS
  19. COMMUTE THE SENTENCE
  20. TINDER OF THE “DESPERATE MAN”
  21. THE PHYSICS OF LOVE AND OTHER UNCERTAIN PHASES OF THE CHEMISTRY IN COULOMB’S LAW
  22. TAME
  23. THE WEEK-LATE ANSWER TO THAT HOT-TEMPERED TEXT ON MY BIRTHDAY
  24. I/U
  25. NOW I KNOW
  26. re: stacks
  27. MIDDLE-AGE CARTWHEEL
  28. THE LOVERS QUARREL
  29. SLIM TUESDAY
  30. SCENE V
  31. WINTER AUBADE
  32. HOW THE WIND HEELS YOU
  33. HOLD DESIRE AS SAND
  34. CONNECTIONS
  35. BLACK LASHES & WHITE PICKUP ACCENTS
  36. LOVE LIKE A WANING MOON
  37. COME BACK AND SOLVE FOR X
  38. SOFT PART
  39. A FIREFLY TURNS ON THE EVENING’S FIRST LIGHT
  40. NO SUCH FOREVER
  41. TWENTY-FOUR HOURS IN THE LIFE OF A FROG
  42. VIA RAIL DREAMING
  43. PART FOR ME
  44. IN ANSWER TO MY I LOVE YOU
  45. MAKE THE NEXT SECOND CHANCE
  46. NERVE DAMAGE
  47. IF WE ARE SAVAGE & LUCKY
  48. IF WE ARE SAVAGE & LUCKY II
  49. VISION
  50. THE WALL
  51. REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TENDERNESS
  52. OF COURSE THIS BRICK
  53. GERMINATE
  54. CIRCLE EARTH: MEDITATION AFTER READING TROPIC OF CANCER
  55. CANADIAN GOOSE SUMMER
  56. ONE TWO THREE TOUCH OR HOW NOT TO DANCE THE BACHATA
  57. WITH SOFT EYES SHE LEARNED TO SEE THE CURVATURES OF SPACETIME IN THE OMNIPRESENT GRID OF HOPE AND THEN CRY ACCORDINGLY
  58. OMFG: UNTIL THE TYGER LEARNS HOW TO WRITE
  59. RUSHES FROM THE RIVER DISAPPOINTMENT
  60. OVERCAST
  61. NOTES
  62. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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