The
Distance of Ducks
36 pages (2005) trade paper, saddle-stitched ISBN 1-891387-05-7 $7.00 |
About the Book
The
poetic writings of Louis E. Bourgeois offer an exacting appreciation of
personal tragedy, and of an infinitely larger world that embraces
"the indifference of life to all things." With unwavering
self-awareness, the poet defies universal authority, and challenges the
reader's perceptions of passing events. His work is void of spurious hope,
yet taunts us with a lingering sense of individual purpose. |
Contents
The Old Man • Ducks • Distance • Slides of a Life in Blue Air • After 30, Life is Filtered in Black • On the Road to Pretoria • The Stone Lion • After the Wine Drunk • On a Hill with White Crosses • Sparrow Soup • Shooting Heroin on the Outskirts of Town • A Whisper of Childhood • Miriam • Mother • The Baby • An Old Wooden Skiff • October • Last Time I Saw Her Was a Year Ago • Clear Thoughts in the Middle of My 33rd Year • The Distance of Ducks • Whorl • The Geese Over the Suburbs • End of Fishing Season on Bayou Sauvage |
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