The Ardors

by Kathleen Peirce

Overview

“Startling in their mystery, these poems are entirely original; abstract and passionate, sensual and otherworldly, trance-like and exciting . . . . The Ardors is a book that takes us beyond ourselves, beyond our workaday bodies and souls.”—Jean Valentine.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781931337205
Publisher:	Copper Canyon Press
Publication date:	03/01/2004
Pages:	72
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.20(d)

About the Author

The youngest of five daughters, Kathleen Peirce was born in Moline, IL, and grew up in Rock Island. She received her MFA from the University of Iowa in 1988, the same year as the birth and adoption of her son from Seoul, Korea. She lives with him and assorted animals, and teaches at Texas State University.

Table of Contents

	Fondle Pearls and They're Quick to Fly	3
	Dreaming of Sleep	4
	From Inside	5
	From Underneath	6
	With Eyes Closed	7
	Black Pearl	8
	The Rooms	9
	Esteem	10
	Hall of Light	11
	Of Air	12
	Time Shall Not Lose Our Passages	13
	Accession	14
	Measure	15
	Pearl	16
	The Bells Break Down Their Tower	17
	Wells	18
	Watercolor	19
	Jaws	20
	Quiet Lines	21
	Slow Song	22
	Dream of Flight	23
	Delectatio Morosa	24
	Linen Napkin	25
	From the Middle	26
	The Mysteries	27
	Imaginary Lines	28
	Chemin de Fer	29
	Flight of Stairs	30
	Day or Night	31
	White Shells	32
	Regret	33
	Mani	34
	Breathless	35
	Theology of Water	36
	St. Francis Orphanage, Freeport, Illinois	37
	Snow Hill	38
	Continuance	39
	Dulce de Leche	40
	Joy	41
	From the Shore	42
	Red Bird	43
	Datura	44
	Abode of the Unplanned Effect	45
	Mother-of-Pearl	46
	Tree and Saw	47
	Pearl, No Pearl	48
	Apart	49
	Vertigo	50
	Return	51
	Quick to Fly	52
	Notes & Acknowledgments	55