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Shrift: A Winter Sequence | Contents

Shrift: A Winter Sequence, published by Thorp Springs Press in 1975, was Strongin’s second book. It contained the 18 poems listed below.

Shrift explores the the emotional and spiritual aspects experience of winter, scarcity, loss and renewal where life grows richer, narrow to the bone.

Both the book’s Table of Contents and cover picture are included below; reviews are included in a separate page.

Selected poems are available for display in Acrobat format. If you don’t have Acrobat Reader installed on your computer, read Obtaining the Acrobat Reader before proceeding.

Table of Contents


Shrift I
Desert December
The Planetary Romances
Goodbye To A Mother
The Blood Goes Its Own Way, I Go Mine
Quorum
A Severe Sense Of Everyday Life
The Glassblower’s Hands
What Doesn’t Fade Is The Memory Of Suffering
I Am Back On That Field With My Hawk
We Stare At Anything Too Long
The Stars Whistle Like Bullets Above My Head
Island
I Am Highstrung From The Wellspring
The Holly And The Ivy (Short Shrift)
Midwinter Melancholia
New Mexico Winter Sunset
Hushaby Mountain: Christmas Night

 
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