Above ground: poems
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New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2023.
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Book
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First edition.
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xiv, 107 pages ; 25 cm
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This poetry collection traverses the vast emotional terrain of fatherhood, and explores how becoming a parent has recalibrated his sense of the world. There are poems that interrogate the ways our lives are shaped by both personal lineages and historical institutions. There are poems that revel in the wonder of discovering the world anew through the eyes of your children, as they discover it for the first time. There are poems that meditate on what it means to raise a family in a world filled with constant social and political tumult. Above Ground wrestles with how we hold wonder and despair in the same hands, how we carry intimate moments of joy and a collective sense of mourning in the same body. Smith’s lyrical, narrative poems bring the reader on a journey not only through the early years of his children’s lives, but through the changing world in which they are growing up—through the changing world of which we are all a part.
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Contains poems that first appeared in various publications, sometimes in earlier forms--Page 105.
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Includes bibliographical references (page 107).
Description
This poetry collection traverses the vast emotional terrain of fatherhood, and explores how becoming a parent has recalibrated his sense of the world. There are poems that interrogate the ways our lives are shaped by both personal lineages and historical institutions. There are poems that revel in the wonder of discovering the world anew through the eyes of your children, as they discover it for the first time. There are poems that meditate on what it means to raise a family in a world filled with constant social and political tumult. Above Ground wrestles with how we hold wonder and despair in the same hands, how we carry intimate moments of joy and a collective sense of mourning in the same body. Smith’s lyrical, narrative poems bring the reader on a journey not only through the early years of his children’s lives, but through the changing world in which they are growing up—through the changing world of which we are all a part.
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Smith, C. (2023). Above ground: poems. First edition. Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Smith, Clint, 1988-. 2023. Above Ground: Poems. Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Smith, Clint, 1988-, Above Ground: Poems. Little, Brown and Company, 2023.
MLA Citation (style guide)Smith, Clint. Above Ground: Poems. First edition. Little, Brown and Company, 2023.
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