The Little Field of Self
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The Little Field of Self
Set in a castle and on its grounds in Brittany, The Little Field of Self is one long poem comprised of individual poems that articulate the essence of devotion and the conflict within the devoted. With surprising inventiveness and technical skill, and without ornamentation, self-consciousness, or self-display, Doreen Gildroy has forged an original poetic style that renders inner being authentically and convincingly.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Dung Beetle
The Little Field of Self
In My Own Language
A Rewriting of the Shore
If All I Do Today Is Change
Two Figures
You Take Me to Where
Guile
Oh Let Me Be Quiet and Near
Acedia
This Is the Voice of this Life
Diapause
Light Against the Wall
Silva
Theology
Eating Apricots
Coda
New World
Lying on the Bed with the Window Open
Odd Pieces
Passion
Rain
What Was It?
A Mild Turning of the Earth
Abbey
Stereoscope
While You Were Away
Epigraph
Catalogue of Notebooks
If I Could Ask You
Afterword
Dung Beetle
The Little Field of Self
In My Own Language
A Rewriting of the Shore
If All I Do Today Is Change
Two Figures
You Take Me to Where
Guile
Oh Let Me Be Quiet and Near
Acedia
This Is the Voice of this Life
Diapause
Light Against the Wall
Silva
Theology
Eating Apricots
Coda
New World
Lying on the Bed with the Window Open
Odd Pieces
Passion
Rain
What Was It?
A Mild Turning of the Earth
Abbey
Stereoscope
While You Were Away
Epigraph
Catalogue of Notebooks
If I Could Ask You
Afterword