Bibliograph

Venera, poems, Jay Rogoff

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Venera, poems, Jay Rogoff

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

poetry

Main title

Venera

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

869092115

Responsibility statement

Jay Rogoff

Sub title

poems

Summary

Praise for Jay Rogoff""[Rogoff's] poetry takes a visible art of movement and translates the feelings it evokes and the history it records into delicate words ... But Rogoff also has an amazing knack for the humor in humanity, as a slew of death-defying poems demonstrates.""--Andrew Burstein, The Baton Rouge Advocate""Quite simply, I love the gravitational, poetic pull of Rogoff 's work.""--Ren?e E. D'Aoust, Notre Dame ReviewThe poems in Jay Rogoff's Venera explore varieties of love, both sacred and profane, by drawing from the natural world, personal intima

Table Of Contents

Cover; Contents; 1) ONLY CHILD; Courtship at Isenheim; A Son For My Ex!; The Outer Banks; No Dream; The Kindergarten Heart; The Doors of Siena; Gingkos; Redemption Center; Practicing; Barbara; For Malcolm in Carolina; Night Light; The Porch; Adirondack Scenic; Butterfly Effect; Translations; Dazzle; Intercourse; Orienting; Mother and Child; Life Sentence; Dirty Linen; Only Child; Laughter; 2) VENERA; The Reader; The Mother; The Whore; The Light; The Window; The Daughter; The Door; The Vessel; The Virgin; The Sister; The Field; The Ark; The Queen; The Handmaid; The Soul; The House; The EarthThe FountainThe Garden; The Singer; The Bride; The Mirror; The Table; The Lover; Acknowledgments

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