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Iced at the Ward, Burned at the Stake: And Other Poems

Paul Swenson

Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2003

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Poetry
Something about the evening outside the chapel—holding a candle, surrounded by friends while a woman inside is questioned about her belief in a female deity—spins itself into verse. The memory of a sensuous rendition of "Summertime" in church by a vocal-piano-cello trio inspires another poem. But the poet finds no more irony in these events than in everyday occurrences, given a world of paradoxes. He probes and elucidates but doesn't despair; he relishes the subtleties and unravels the puzzles that others take for granted. At times, he settles back and enjoys the moment..
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BX 8688.1 .Sw42i 2003
96p.
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