Guardian: Poems - Hardcover
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Cleopatra Mathis writes "all of God's poison made water." Her poetry discovers, then just before she seems to say finally "This is true," she strikes us with the opposite. She gives us the heaven and hell of it - or does she show us the pin in the butterfly of the poem? Giving birth and the Creation are among the subjects of Guardian. They seem inevitably hers, with their exquisite pain and pleasure. Doesn't she know that the Creation is a subject too large to hold? No, she doesn't and thank God for that! Her work sanctifies, but it also gives us a full measure of the possibilities of degradation. She is a human guardian we can trust, but she is also a guardian angel who cures us of some of our blindness.
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6 x 9 trim. LC 95-39158
About the Author
CLEOPATRA MATHIS's other books include Aerial View of Louisiana, The Bottom Land, and The Center for Cold Weather, all published by The Sheep Meadow Press. She is Professor of English at Dartmouth College.
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- PublisherSheep Meadow Pr
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 187881849X
- ISBN 13 9781878818492
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages105
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