In this collection Jane Gentry evokes, in images as haunting as the Kentucky landscape, a garden thriving with the flowers of memory, a physical world that reflects a realm of transcendence. In this garden, cosmic harmony reveals itself in the "ciphers" of roots and worms, in a piece of blue willow china--"a blaze of balance, of wholeness"--that survives a fire in which a lonely, tormented neighbor died. The white sheets crack in the wind, fat bellies of sails sweet as round stomachs of children. Stark, lovely, elegiac ...
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In this collection Jane Gentry evokes, in images as haunting as the Kentucky landscape, a garden thriving with the flowers of memory, a physical world that reflects a realm of transcendence. In this garden, cosmic harmony reveals itself in the "ciphers" of roots and worms, in a piece of blue willow china--"a blaze of balance, of wholeness"--that survives a fire in which a lonely, tormented neighbor died. The white sheets crack in the wind, fat bellies of sails sweet as round stomachs of children. Stark, lovely, elegiac, gently surreal, Gentry's poems resonate and echo in the vast spaces of the heart; long after being read, lines return, lines like those of the lovely "In the Moment of My Death (For My Father)" that beg to be memorized: In the moment of my death may your old happiness light my way; and the image of your face smiling, happy at my coming, be a lantern in the dark. The taste of desire, the pang of remembered loss, the sorrow of leaving a house--Jane Gentry has found a way to make these things new. A Garden in Kentucky is a place of mystery, terror, beauty, and wonder, a garden to which readers will find themselves retuning again and again.
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Near Fine. 0807120030. Would be fine other than a very tiny light yellow stain on cover near bottom corner (see photo) and a faint surface crease on back upper corner. Personal inscription signed and dated by author on title page; 9.0 X 6.0 X 0.3 inches; 80 pages; Signed by Author.
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Fine Condition in Fine jacket. Book. 9780807120026. Inscribed by Author. Fine HB in Fine DJ, protected by mylar cover. Inscribed ("For [name], /Wishing you all the blessings of/this season--") and signed by the author ("Jane Gentry/Kentucky Poet Laureate") at top of title page, dated December 2007. 74 p.; 25 cm. Ivory cloth over boards with bright copper title on spine. Corners sharp. Text block is tight, bright and, except for the inscription, unmarked. Unclipped DJ in perfect condition. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 74 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Poetry; American / General; United States; 1990s; Inscribed by Author. ISBN: 0807120022. ISBN/EAN: 9780807120026. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 686.
