Whereso: poems

Synopsis

Known For The Transcendent, Abstractionist Poems Of Nomina, Volkman's Newest Collection Returns To Tangible Experiences Of The Body--its Range Of Expressivity And Physical Movement In Space. Where Is The Body In Travel? What Space Does It Occupy In Dreams And Memory? With Rich Perplexity, Whereso Responds To Dance, Performance, And Position In Time--translating Flight Of The Body Into Language And Line.karen Volkman Is The Author Of Crash's Law, Winner Of The National Poetry Series; Spar, Winner Of The Iowa Poetry Prize And The James Laughlin Award; And Nomina. She Teaches At The University Of Montana In Missoula, Montana-- Known For The Transcendent, Abstractionist Poems Of Nomina, Volkman's Newest Collection Returns To Tangible Experiences Of The Body--its Range Of Expressivity And Physical Movement In Space. Where Is The Body In Travel? What Space Does It Occupy In Dreams And Memory? With Rich Perplexity, Whereso Responds To Dance, Performance, And Position In Time--translating Flight Of The Body Into Language And Line-- One Might -- What I've Come To Discuss -- The City's Transparency -- The Queen's Queen -- A Walk In Calandrelli -- All The A's -- O, O -- Beggar Rumination -- Stranger Report -- Rome Suite -- Genova Superba -- Have We Said Moments -- As Noon Dawns -- Memory Theatre -- Cedar Spiking -- O Thou -- Three Dances -- Nuit Blance -- Articulate House -- Green Noise -- Fatality Fame The Room -- Iris Undulates -- Canzone -- Hellebore -- Bridge -- Three Films -- The Rosy Tones -- I Went To Sign -- Viables -- Aricana Of Tropes -- Whether The God -- What's Wrong With The Hear -- Ten Words -- Ghazal Of A Life -- The Passage Of The Interval -- Pontoon -- I Like To See It Lap The Miles -- The Spaces -- Solstice -- Ghazal Of The Dead -- When Only Your Initials Are Enough. By Karen Volkman. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 101-102).