Full Description
Leon Rooke's latest collection of poems concerns itself with an irrepressible heroine, adopting a variety of distinctive perspectives on her life, her loves and her losses.
Contents
1. April's Father 2. April's Town 3. April Defined 4. April's Diary 5. April in Haiti 6. April Lost 7. April's 'Quoth the Raven' 8. Not With That Attitude, Miss 9. April's Pets 10. April's Continuation of the James Tate Poem 'Lewis and Clark Overheard in Conversation' 11. April's Note on Her Repeated Continuation of James Tate Poems 12. April's Hundred-Yard Run 13. April's Soul 14. April's Narrow Escape: The Early Years 15. FOUND 16. FOUND (TWO) 17. Island Woman 18. April and Henry James 19. April's Fashion Statement 20. Utter Calm 21. April's Park Avenue Hats 22. Her Crossword Wars 23. Another Narrow Miss 24. Back to the Future: Is it all Folly? 25. Fragments Not From the Rose Room (6th floor, Princess Margaret Hospital, October 4, 2008) 26. Just to Be Clear About April's Politics 27. April and Harold 28. April Down South 29. Like Tractors Clearing a Road 30. April's Mattress Poems 31. My Personal Story 32. April's Great Google Deal 33. April's Bad Husband Day 34. April Dressed to Kill (Sam) 35. April's Fling 36. April: A True Love Melody 37. My Bride (Revisited) 38. What We May Learn from Dr. Phil About Becoming a Good Husband 39. April's (Bobby Darin) Song 40. Lunch with April 41. April Makes Her Stand 42. April's 'No Frills' Poem 43. April and the Bad Bees 44. April's Clunker Car 45. On the Ropes 46. April Contemplates God 1. God Wakes Today 2. God's Snit 3. God's Haircut 4. God Is Not In Today 47. Come On, Lamented April: Be Happy 48. April's Deep Remorse 49. April Affirms She Married Well 50. Thou Beside Me Singing
