The Granite Pail Poems

The complete writings of lorine niedecker 1985.

The granite pail poems.

The granite pail contains about seventy five poems selected by niedecker s friend and fellow poet cid corman from three of her books of poetry. Alicia ostriker viewed cid corman as a poet s poet. Letters of lorine niedecker to cid corman 1960 1970 1987 niedecker and the correspondence with zukofsky 1931 1970 1993 poetry prose. Remember my little granite pail.

In reason land cannot be sold only things to be carried away and i am old. To read corman is to become conscious of one s breathing how slightly it separates us from things like stones. Think what s got away in my life was enough to carry me thru. Selected poems edited by cid corman.

Five volumes of niedecker s poetry have been published since her death. The selected poems of lorine niedecker 1985. The title of the book is taken from one of her poems. Essays on the art of language 1977.

And lake superior 2013 which published niedecker s long poem lake superior along with a collection of her personal geological and historical. Between your house and mine. He also edited many notable books including the granite pail. A writer neither very profuse all his books are slender ones nor very aggressive but central.

Jargon society inland book company 1985. Lorine niedecker cid corman editor 4 34 rating details 340 ratings 41 reviews poetry. Edited by cid corman. Think what s got away in my life was enough to carry me thru.

Selected poems of lorine niedecker 1985 harpsichord salt fish 1991 new goose listening chamber 2002 collected works university of california press 2002 letters. The complete writings of lorine niedecker edited by robert j. The academy of american poets is the largest membership based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting american poets. The poems that appear in the granite pail are highly influenced by zukofsky s aesthetic but they are also influenced by niedecker s own reading and experimentation in such poetic movements as.

The handle of it was blue. The selected poems of lorine niedecker 1996 and word for word. The section headings in this book of poems are all vintage niedecker but they stake out the poems in three large masses. The selected poems by.

My friend tree by lorine niedecker poems academy of american poets. Van ess don t shoot the rail asa gray the clothesline post well spring old man who seined you are my friend paul old mother what horror he lived childhood summers i knew a clean man in the great snowfall swept snow li po the graves i rose from marsh mud my mother saw the green tree toad i am sick with the. North point press 1985. Remember my little granite pail.

Harpsichord salt fish.