Derelict Tributaries

by Lawrence Hetrick

Poetry. "These beautiful poems are steeped in the dark tannin of loss. Redwater rivers, blackwater rivers they carry on, tributaries distributing memories through the sandy landscape of home. The poems are formally measured, with an elegiac economy, quiet Eliotic echoes, the ever-presence of rain, tupelo, eelgrass, sparkleberry, oyster shell, snake. As they sensually evoke the Florida terrain, these elegant poems say there never was a Paradise to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1934695270
• ISBN13: 9781934695272
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Anhinga Press
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.