Humility of the Brutes
Poems
1st Edition
Published on 14. August 2017
96 pages
978-0-8071-6657-4 (ISBN)
Description
The Humility of Brutes, Ron Smith's third poetry collection, is a fast-moving work that examines a range of themes from love to world travel. Smith lyrical skill shines in his meditation on sports, from both a contemporary and nostalgic point of view. He deftly balances truculent images, ',the caged face came in a satisfying / net of blood from the layered scar / that gritted the nose to the eyes,"e, with tenderness, ',It's OK, / I'd say, and wedge his hot neck / in the bend of my elbow."e, Smith employs these allusions to human physicality to explore youth, spirituality, and mortality.
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Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- A Dusting
- Bronze Boxer
- Mr. Jefferson Speaks of Rapture
- Artificer
- Angelus: Chesapeake Bay
- Vandalism of the Library Door
- That Coach in My Head Never Stops Asking How Much I Want It
- Apocalypse
- Erice 11
- Barelli Calls
- Edgar Athletic Poe
- Forum Boarium
- After Church
- Boot Hill & the Alimentary Spirit World of Southern Joy
- The Old Crabber Has Gone Deaf
- Eternal
- "A foolish moon in a foolish sky,"
- The Birth of Modern Poetry
- Jacob, Swinging
- Cairbre & Bres the Beautiful
- The Good People
- De Danaans, or Thank God for Plastic
- Oh, Duh! to the Confederate Dead
- Coda alla Vaccinara
- Monk & Mason
- John Smith in Virginia
- Birds of the Air
- Noseguard
- Just the Big Three
- Hurdling the Wedge
- Maximus, Minimus
- Seven Years After the Fall
- Just Out of the Taxi from the Terminal
- Settling In
- Cityscape
- The Locals
- Dostoevsky's Last Flat
- John Reed Street
- Not There Yet
- St. Petersburg, Petrograd, Leningrad, Petersburg
- Leningrad
- What's Wrong with the Baseball Hall of Fame
- What's Right with the Baseball Hall of Fame
- Thirteen Ways of Looking at Half-Rubber
- Brampton Road
- Work: Savannah Roots
- 1911
- Winkles & Dillisk
- What a Rush
- Virgin & Child with Monkey
- Ultima Thule
- Notes and Dedications
