Living Wages: Poems

by Michael Chitwood

Book Overview

Poetry. Stitching a seam. Sweeping a floor. First light after working the all- night shift. These are small moments in everyday jobs, but surprisingly luminous. In his tenth book, Michael Chitwood describes hard, often dangerous labor, but renders also the quietude of housekeeping and office routines. We call this "making a living," the way we move through our days, to pay for the roof over our heads. Raking autumn leaves or drilling a dynamite hole...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1936797488
• ISBN13: 9781936797486
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Tupelo Press
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"