The Bark of the Dog

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In The Bark of the Dog, Merrill Gilfillan summons lyric equivalents to landscapes and day shapes, drawing on off-hand song, bird's-eye bearings, and the vortical power of place names. Like Basho's haiku, Gilfillan's poems are anchored in time as well as space: an hour of the day, inflected by thunder or a pear; a month of the year, marked by the trees-in-wind or birds "moving through the mesh of the dangerous starlight." Whether in casual...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0981952054

ISBN13:9780981952055

Release Date:November 2010

Publisher:Flood Editions

Length:88 Pages

Weight:0.30 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 5.1" x 7.7"

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