Full Description
The poems in "Writing the Silences" represent more than 60 years of Richard O. Moore's work as a poet. Selected from seven full-length manuscripts written between 1946 and 2008, these poems reflect not only Moore's place in literary history - he is the last of his generation of the legendary group of San Francisco Renaissance poets - but also his reemergence into today's literary world after an important career as a filmmaker and producer in public radio and television. "Writing the Silences" reflects Moore's commitment to freedom of form, his interest in language itself, and his dedication to issues of social justice and ecology.
Contents
Contents Photographs follow page Preface Brenda Hillman Acknowledgments [Therefore, set forth over the black river] Shadow and Light Itinerary By the Lake Utensils Driving to Fort Bragg Dog in the Forest History Columbia 1960 Ten Philosophical Asides Marginalia: Whitehead Quotations Analects from d{ens}e{ens}l{ens}e{ens}t{ens}e "Come Live with Me" :{ems}It{ems}: from Writing the Silences "Come Sunday" Birthright Notebook This Morning Aftershock Visiting Hours The Parachutist's Annunciation Holding On ... a divertimento ... Footnotes A Funeral of Memory The Winter Garden A Treasury of Darkness Introit Over the Shoulder Meanwhile Early Poems from A History Primer Seascape from September Elegy from At Caesar's Gate A Reminiscence Birthday View Opening on a Garden Notes
