Whitethorn: Poems

by Jacqueline Osherow

Book Overview

In "Poem for Jenne," which opens Jacqueline Osherow's ambitious and challenging new collection, a neighbor has planted larkspur and delphinium in the poet's yard and is tending them hoping to bring color and light into a household stricken by personal tragedy. As the bright blue, star-shaped flowers bloom for a second time, the poet writes, "earth's reaching for her heavens, I for words / or any chink of rapture I can claim." The pervasive theme,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807138355
• ISBN13: 9780807138359
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 90 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"