Research Catalog

Title

What Trudy knows and other poems / Knute Skinner.

Author

Skinner, Knute, 1929-

Publication

Galway : Salmon Pub., 1994.

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Details

Description

103 pages; 20 cm.

Summary

What Trudy Knows and Other Poems follows the ground broken by Knute Skinner's last collection The Bears and Other Poems. An unusual group of poems - each a brief telling of a moment in the life of one or more imaginary characters. The poems probe a variety of human relationships.

Series Statement

Salmon poetry

Uniform Title

Salmon poetry.

Contents

• What Trudy Knows -- A Well Lit Room -- A Walk in the Rain -- A Teapot with Character -- The Streets toward the River -- Stale Biscuits -- Smiling -- Sleep -- Sitting Up in Bed -- Sick -- Salvation -- The Roman Centurion -- A Promise -- A Pretty Picture -- A Pressed Blue Suit -- A Place at the Table -- New Roses -- My Mother's Number -- Mushrooms Berkeley -- More Tea -- A Lousy Mess -- A Long Time -- The Long Path -- Long Hair and Serious Eyes -- Keeping Warm -- Keeping One's Wits -- In the Middle of My Garden -- In and Out of the Tearoom -- In Allie's Studio -- Houses and Moons, Horses and Dogs -- A Hole in the Clouds -- His Words -- Hard-Won Gifts -- A Good Snort -- The Gift -- The Game -- Funny Stories -- The Fountain in the Market Place -- A Fork in the Road -- Forecasts -- A Fierce Wind -- The Fields of Corn -- A Few Words -- An Evening to Ourselves -- Eva Braun and My Sister Val -- Elsie -- A Dirty Smudge -- Dinner with Monica -- A Dark Night --
• The Compliments -- The Company -- Cleo -- The Chinese Bowl -- The Chevy -- A Can of Beer -- Breakfast at the Hotel -- The Box -- The Boat -- The Blue Blouse -- Ben -- Being Careful -- A Bed in the Parlour -- Auspicious -- All the Makings.

ISBN

1897648227

LCCN

94217630

OCLC

ocm34151278

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries