Rosetta

by Karina Borowicz

Overview

Poetry. In reflections on escape, displacement, and identity, an award-winning poet shows that our longing to understand where we come from is as strong as our desire to know where we're headed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780578689562
Publisher:	Ex Ophidia Press
Publication date:	01/11/2021
Pages:	78
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Karina Borowicz, a poet and translator, is the author of Proof (Codhill Press, 2014) and The Bees Are Waiting (Marick Press, 2012). Her work has appeared widely in journals, anthologies, and non-print media. Born in historic New Bedford, for five years she taught in Russia and Lithuania. She now makes her home in western Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

In Praise of Karina Borowicz v

Other Books Karina Borowicz vii

I Burning Book

The Old Country 3

Elephant 4

Punishing Snows 5

Sofija 6

Preserved 7

Animal 8

Cut Hair 9

Shifting Wind 10

Circle 11

Siberian Cherries 12

Wheat 13

The Only Story 14

Canes 15

Truce 16

Rosetta 17

Meant to Be 18

II Blue Silk

Her Last Free Dive 21

Blue Silk 26

Vermeer's Lacemaker 27

Moment 28

From the Deck 29

Tiny 30

Boat Building 31

The Visit 32

Breaking the Fast 33

Sounding 34

Natural Histories 35

III Hapitat

Escape 39

Nimbostratus 40

Closer 41

Last of Her Kind 42

Attack 43

Albatross 44

Wreck 46

Memory 48

Habitat 49

Clockman 50

Frame 51

Egg 52

IV Volta

September Tomatoes 55

Volta 56

In Its Body 57

Circling 58

Never Never 59

Blaze 60

Sand 61

Hungry 62

Wild Yeast 63

Catch 64

Fruit 65

The Backup Singer 66

Balance 67

Fingers 68

Caw 69

Farmer's Bees 70

Original Wind 71

Trick 72

Softly 73

List of Acknowledgements 75

About the Author 77