Bestiary : poems

Kelly, Donika (author.). Finney, Nikky, (writer of introduction.).

Record details

ISBN: 1555977588
ISBN: 9781555977580
Physical Description: xii, 70 pages ; 23 cm
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Publisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2016]
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Out West -- Catalogue -- Fourth grade autobiography -- Where she is opened. Where she is closed -- Love poem: chimera -- Bower -- Hermit thrush -- Bower -- Self-portrait as a block of ice -- Bower -- Self-portrait as a door -- Swallow -- Love poem: Pegasus -- Handsome is -- How to be alone -- Whale -- Ceremony at the end of a season -- Ostrich -- Arkansas love song -- A man goes west and falls off his horse in the desert -- Love poem: centaur -- Secretary -- Love poem: centaur -- Love poem: satyr -- Balloon -- Love poem: mermaid -- Love letter -- Love poem: werewolf -- Little box -- Self-portrait as a wooden flower -- Commandments -- Love poem: griffon -- Archaeology -- Tender -- Winter poem -- Love poem: Donika -- Red bird -- What gay porn has done for me -- Sonnet in which only one bird appears -- Love poem: minotaur -- Santa Rosa -- Love poem -- Back East.

Awards Note:

Winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize; selected by Nikky Finney