Cardinal Points

by Michael Pettit

Overview

Strung throughout the book are poems based on the Scottish photographer Eadwaerd Muybridge's Animal Locomotion, a historic photographic document. Pettit uses these pioneering images as the basis for his poetic dreaming, and the result is a poignant, integrated sequence of highly moving poems, studded between other vivid lyrics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781587291876
Publisher:	University of Iowa Press
Publication date:	09/01/1988
Series:	Iowa Poetry Prize
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	96
File size:	290 KB

About the Author

Michael Pettit is assistant professor of the history and theory of psychology at York University in Toronto.

 

Table of Contents

Contents
Woman Jumping from Rock to Rock
Sunday Stroll
Evening on a Canadian Lake
Pavlov's Dog
So Long, Tuscaloosa
The Flight Path
Man Performing Back Somersault
Men Wrestling
No Birds
Sparrow of Española
The Uncompahgre Range
Many Buddhists
Mighty Sebastian Bach
Los Alamos Rush Hour
Sparrow Rousant
The Beyond
Elderly Man Lifting Log
Woman Turning and Lifting Train
Driving Lesson
Virginia Evening
Home Again
Louisiana New Year
National Geographic
Woman Emptying Bucket of Water on Seated Companion
Man Walking Downstairs Backwards, Turning, Walking Away While Carrying Rock
Willows
Astral Life
Valentine Show at the Lingerie Shop
Petting Zoo
March Thaw
House Move
Legless Boy Climbing in and out of Chair
Man Shadowboxing
Bad Back
The Fox Hunt
Furnace without End
Boat-tailed Grackles
Footsteps
Star Route, Box 2
Full Cry
Girl Walking Towards Woman, Carrying Flower
Cardinal Points