Timothy Houghton / Where the Lighthouse Begins (Salmon Poetry) (Unused)

Product Description

What lies behind much of the lyric poems in Where the Lighthouse Begins is a motivating sense of in some poems, a dead father, an aging mother, a troubled brother; or, in other poems, a conflict, such as a war. The natural world also plays a major role, as a redeeming force, often in the form of the birds that are so much a part of the poet's life. Sometimes, too, humor is present as a source of relief. By the end of the book, readers may feel that the mystery of time is perhaps the most fundamental theme.


Table of Contents

I
Boy Dreaming During the Sermon 11
Small of the Back 12
Lost Years 13
The Superkiss 14
Seen from Windows 15
Odd Photo 17
Yes 18
At the Bay Windows 19
Vector 20
Habits 21
Hoarding 22
And Here We Are 23
Bad Language My Son Hears 24
Middle-School Boy 25

II
Viking Warrior 29
Legend 31
The Trench 32
Behind Me 33
Threshold 34
A Piece of Sandstone 35
Bosses 36
Air Stele 37
Capitalizing God 38
The Switchman and Watt 39
Five Lights 40
Tiffany 41
Homage to Donne 42
Off 43

III
Crypt 47
Now Down 48
Old Dumping Ground 49
Speeds 50
Bass Fishing 51
Maine Bog 52
High Marsh 53
Top Floor, Bennett Hall 54
The Fence out Back 56
Voices Through Static 57
Ice Fishing 58
After Gyorgy Petri 59
Power Line 60
Black Pond 61

About the Author 62

These Salmon Poetry books have come into us unused and unopened but due to the storage in their last location they might have some scuffs or marks on the edges of the pages