
I Have a Poem the Size of the Moon
Matt Mason(Author)
Stephen F. Austin State University Press
Will be published approx. on 30. November 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
90 pages
978-1-62288-902-0 (ISBN)
Description
I Have A Poem The Size Of The Moon is a book of poems about Nebraska. Not cornfields, not cows: cities, highways, long drives and the political conversations simmering.
'Between Meteors and Fireflies
In a drought year, corn stubble bends
into Headlines: 'Farmers pray for rain.'
Tumbleweeds take time to harmonize
and choreograph, somewhere between
meteors and fireflies. The grocery
sells blueberries all year round, but
the charge card feels heavy as a refrigerator
once you slip it from the wallet.
You don't end up buying the magazines,
just browse. It's a tow truck, doorbell
button, garbage disposal broke summer:
no real difference between a silo and a
paper sack, it seems. And in the hallway,
light glows from under the bathroom door..'
'Between Meteors and Fireflies
In a drought year, corn stubble bends
into Headlines: 'Farmers pray for rain.'
Tumbleweeds take time to harmonize
and choreograph, somewhere between
meteors and fireflies. The grocery
sells blueberries all year round, but
the charge card feels heavy as a refrigerator
once you slip it from the wallet.
You don't end up buying the magazines,
just browse. It's a tow truck, doorbell
button, garbage disposal broke summer:
no real difference between a silo and a
paper sack, it seems. And in the hallway,
light glows from under the bathroom door..'
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
136 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-62288-902-0 (9781622889020)
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Matt Mason has published eight chapbooks and two full-length collections of poetry. He was named Nebraska State Poet, serving from 2019-2023. He lives in Omaha Nebraska.