Summary: | The poems in The Invisible Wedding consider the moment when routine disintegrates, when the outer environment declares itself and we are forced to organize an inner response. In these poems of discovery, Robbins is concerned less with arriving at answers or a fixed stance than with bringing thought, feeling, and action into harmonious movement.--Book jacket. Climbing the nine hills. Whaleships in winter quarters at Herschel Island At Hoover dam Report to a friend north Climbing the nine hills Knowing Jealousy The symbolists A death in the family Saturday in midwinter Rehabituated to hills Holy Saturday Swainson's hawk African proverb at the crossing Christmas eve -- A ghost in each hand. Rollins Silhouettes Leaping the chasm at stand rock, Wisconsin dells, 1887 Toward new weather The gift Coming home For my grandfather A glider takes off from the cliff Getting in shape March Virtue East of arcata -- Marriage in winter. Living near the refuge Whatever you say, wherever you are The well Museums Marriage in winter Assurances A motive for Minnesota Living by the red river First day over 60, April 1980 Li The patron of the garden Returning to the middle Samaras The invisible wedding -- Time after time. At the petroglyphs What should not matter Crossover The carpet Raking in November A compass for my daughter Time after time March day on a north county marsh. Digitized at the University of Missouri--Columbia MU Libraries Digitization Lab in 2012. Digitized at 600 dpi with Zeutschel, OS 15000 scanner. Access copy, available in MOspace, is 400 dpi, grayscale.
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