Desert Wood: An Anthology of Nevada Poets (Western Literature) [Paperback]

Shaun T. Griffin (Editor), Richard Shelton (Foreword)

Editorial Reviews

Review

A Minor Carver by William Abrams
The Car Hums by Timothy Parker Bellows
Antelope Rising by Jean Boudreau
Desert Wind by Jean Boudreau
Back Pockets by Milly Brown
Despair 1 by Milly Brown
Our Brothers by Milly Brown
Waiting by Milly Brown
Arrowhead by Irene Bruce
Rattlesnake by Irene Bruce
Sea Rose by Irene Bruce
Virginia City, Nevada by Irene Bruce
The Side Effects Of 'hope-to-die Brothers' by Jimi Sheryl Bufkin
Cemetery At Virginia City by Judy Carlisle
A Desperate Theory On The Meaning Of Life by Judy Carlisle
The Effects Of Therapy On A Mad Mother by Judy Carlisle
The Healer by Judy Carlisle
A New View by Judy Carlisle
On Entering My Fortieth Year by Judy Carlisle
On Frogs by Judy Carlisle
Plea by Judy Carlisle
Sea Story by Judy Carlisle
Chastised by Ursula Carlson
Royal Copenhagen Plates by Ursula Carlson
Dawn - Washoe Valley by Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Kindred by Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Over Carson Valley by Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Drifting by Bill Cowee
Meeting Gandhi On The Markleeville Road by Bill Cowee
Steam Bellies And Cheap Coin by Bill Cowee
Stillwater Refuge by Bill Cowee
Through Long Windows by Bill Cowee
Interlude by Charles H. Crump
Another Santa Ana by Bobbi Curry-cartwright
The Beating by Bobbi Curry-cartwright
Choices by Bobbi Curry-cartwright
The Real Tragedy by Bobbi Curry-cartwright
The Serenade Of The Looking Glass by Bobbi Curry-cartwright
Brandon by Joan Cutuly
Hypothermia by Joan Cutuly
Keyhole Canyon, Nevada by Joan Cutuly
Morning Glory by Joan Cutuly
Sacred Datura by Joan Cutuly
The Smokers by Joan Cutuly
Teacher by Joan Cutuly
Wednesday, November 16, 1988 11:45 A.m. by Joan Cutuly
Eastgate by Warren D'azevedo
The Shark by Warren D'azevedo
To A Dead Sailor Of The Pacific by Warren D'azevedo
To Poets Unlimited by Warren D'azevedo
Each Takes One Leaf by Elaine Dallman
In His Compartment by Elaine Dallman
A Parallel Cut Of Air (2) by Elaine Dallman
Travel, Tea, Home by Elaine Dallman
Lists That Follow by Robin Elizabeth Davis
Not Far From Our Town by Robin Elizabeth Davis
Now Her Small Grave by Robin Elizabeth Davis
Requiem by Robin Elizabeth Davis
Becoming Crippled by Joanne De Longchamps
Bottle by Joanne De Longchamps
The Doctor Said by Joanne De Longchamps
Entering by Joanne De Longchamps
Hermaphroditus by Joanne De Longchamps
Jellyfish by Joanne De Longchamps
Late Letter To Walter Clark by Joanne De Longchamps
Letters To Dare by Joanne De Longchamps
Meeting An Eel by Joanne De Longchamps
My Father by Joanne De Longchamps
Nursing Home by Joanne De Longchamps
Old by Joanne De Longchamps
Radiation by Joanne De Longchamps
Stop by Joanne De Longchamps
Talking To Zeus by Joanne De Longchamps
Three Meetings by Joanne De Longchamps
Transcend by Joanne De Longchamps
Weight Watchers by Robert Dodge
Map by L. A. Fleming
Musing On Flower Poems by L. A. Fleming
The Rubdown by L. A. Fleming
Breitenbach by William L. Fox
Chaurikharka by William L. Fox
Dudh Kosi by William L. Fox
Kanetega by William L. Fox
Kathmandu by William L. Fox
Lobuje (16,000 Ft.) by William L. Fox
Poem by William L. Fox
Rai Family by William L. Fox
Sherpa Woman by William L. Fox
Thyangboche by William L. Fox
Yarsa by William L. Fox
All Day Weekdays by John Garmon
Failure by John Garmon
From Casper To Cheyenne by John Garmon
Good-bye To My Cowboy Uncle by John Garmon
Growing Up With The Drunks On Highway 66 by John Garmon
The Mormons by John Garmon
Summer Colored Girl by John Garmon
Texas Daddy by John Garmon
A Place Of Stone by Shaun T. Griffin
After The Tornado by James Hazen
The Helicpopter by James Hazen
Let Me Know How You Feel by James Hazen
Building The Pumphouse by Jim Huskey
For Howard Nemerov, Summer 1979 by Jim Huskey
The House On Buena Vista by Jim Huskey
Waiting For Tomorrow by Jim Huskey
When The Vein Runs Out by Jim Huskey
Autumn Oak by Thelma Brownie Ireland
Haiku by Thelma Brownie Ireland
Decay by Billie Jean James
Handgrip by Billie Jean James
Homestead by Billie Jean James
Homing by Billie Jean James
Kinship by Billie Jean James
Primer by Billie Jean James
Suppers by Billie Jean James
Whorehouse by Billie Jean James
Chong Xin by Stephen Shu-ning Liu
Homecoming For April by Stephen Shu-ning Liu
How Abundant Is The Spring by Stephen Shu-ning Liu
I'm Entering Your Shadow by Stephen Shu-ning Liu
Leaving Disneyland by Stephen Shu-ning Liu
My Father's Martial Art by Stephen Shu-ning Liu
Night On The Sea by Stephen Shu-ning Liu
On Bats by Stephen Shu-ning Liu
On Qing Ming Festival by Stephen Shu-ning Liu
Redondo Beach by Stephen Shu-ning Liu
A Sick Elephant by Stephen Shu-ning Liu
The Chicken Blues by Adrian C. Louis
Epiphany: Oxymoron by Adrian C. Louis
Fallon Rodeo Long Time Ago by Adrian C. Louis
The First Of The Month by Adrian C. Louis
Indian Cemetery; Lovelock, Nevada by Adrian C. Louis
Near Eighteenth Street by Adrian C. Louis
Something About Being An Indian by Adrian C. Louis
The Warehouse Chronicle by Adrian C. Louis
Another Cop-killing by Ronald W. Manning
A Lesson In Plowing by Ronald W. Manning
Saturday Rat Shoot And River Walk by Ronald W. Manning
Assent by Robert Mcginty
11 by Tom Meschery
12 by Tom Meschery
13 by Tom Meschery
33, New York, Easter, 1983 by Tom Meschery
Maria Vladimirovna Lvov 1917-1941 by Tom Meschery
Resignation by Helen Zeke Modarelli
Fishing Lesson by Kelly Moon
Independence by Kelly Moon
The Stepfather by Kelly Moon
Little Red Riding Hood by Nila Northsun
Warehouse Poem by Nila Northsun
The Way & The Way Things Are by Nila Northsun
Letter To An Absent Lover by Gailmarie Pahmeier
Neighbors by Gailmarie Pahmeier
Out Walking by Gailmarie Pahmeier
The Swing by Gailmarie Pahmeier
With Respect For Distance by Gailmarie Pahmeier
Always by Dennis Parks
Memory Is A Thin Pine, Or Maybe Fir by Dennis Parks
My Angel Contemplates Sin by Dennis Parks
Why We Should Make Love In The Streets by Dennis Parks
Villanelle by Peter Parsons
Anniversary Poem: Weeds by Melanie Perish
From The White Single Woman Middle Class Recession Blues; An Invention by Melanie Perish
Grandmother by Melanie Perish
Lines by Melanie Perish
Remembering John by Melanie Perish
Saturday Morning by Melanie Perish
Steel by Melanie Perish
The Trout That Do Not Bite by Melanie Perish
Your Mother Taught You How To Fish by Melanie Perish
The Meeting Hour by Elizabeth Perry
Old Woman In Cold by Elizabth I. Riseden
Adjusting To The Desert by Kirk Robertson
All Day Long by Kirk Robertson
Drawing To An Inside Straight by Kirk Robertson
Driving To Vegas by Kirk Robertson
Four Or Five Beers Dorsey's Bar Gabbs, Nevada by Kirk Robertson
Hopper by Kirk Robertson
Not Quite Dark by Kirk Robertson
Outside Ely In The Rain by Kirk Robertson
Schwitters by Kirk Robertson
Here Am I Now by Emma Sepulveda-pulvirenti
I Chose Not To Die by Emma Sepulveda-pulvirenti
I Grew Accustomed (2) by Emma Sepulveda-pulvirenti
The Last Prayer Of September by Emma Sepulveda-pulvirenti
September 11, 1973 by Emma Sepulveda-pulvirenti
You Cannot Listen In Death by Emma Sepulveda-pulvirenti
The Cave Behind The Mormon Church In Panaca by Gary Short
Farnes Egbert: Water Dowser by Gary Short
If The Kennecott Smelter In Mcgill Closes by Gary Short
John W. Mackay by Gary Short
Near Mina by Gary Short
Test by Gary Short
Toward Morning (panaca, Nevada) by Gary Short
Two Poems About Wells, Nevada: 1. A Poem Overheard In K.g.'s Bar by Gary Short
Two Poems About Wells, Nevada: 2. A Poem Blown Away By The Wind by Gary Short
On The Edge Of Equilibrium by Red Shuttleworth
They Buried Sonny Liston At The End Of A Mccarran Airport Runway In La by Red Shuttleworth
This Town Sure Takes The Rattle Box by Red Shuttleworth
Final Recollections by Roger Smith
And One Other Thing by Arthur Wilber Stevens
For A Lady Poet Gone Bureaucrat by Arthur Wilber Stevens
For Montgomery Clift by Arthur Wilber Stevens
Hearing The Voices by Arthur Wilber Stevens
If You Should Die by Arthur Wilber Stevens
The Night Sammy Davis, Jr. Couldn't Go On (las Vegas) by Arthur Wilber Stevens
Vegas: A Few Scruples by Arthur Wilber Stevens
The World Is Going To End Up In Burma by Arthur Wilber Stevens
And Once I Was Irish, At Least by Thomas Whitehead
A Lunist And His Lunism by Thomas Whitehead
Sing, Columnar Muse, Of Me The Last In This Bin by Thomas Whitehead
For Aunt Lizzie by William Wilborn
Getting In The Wood by William Wilborn
On The Edge by William Wilborn
The Wedge by William Wilborn
American Lit Interim by Harold Vernon Witt
American Lit The Ox-bow Incident by Harold Vernon Witt
Donner by Harold Vernon Witt
In Memory Of Joanne De Longchamps 1923-1983: 1. Not Quite Yet by Harold Vernon Witt
Light On The Subject At Lehman Caves by Harold Vernon Witt
The Oldest House In Silver City, Nevada by Harold Vernon Witt
Pyramid by Harold Vernon Witt
Vivaldi In Nevada by Harold Vernon Witt
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder® --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: University of Nevada Press; First edition (September 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0874171814
• ISBN-13: 978-0874171815
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,560,835 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A collector's item, February 4, 2005

By 

T. Bellows "soul9" - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Desert Wood: An Anthology of Nevada Poets (Western Literature) (Paperback)

This book captures both the sad and the joyful. In the desert, the mountains, and the worlds of relationships. Moody and precise language make this a great read. Spend some time with it!

5.0 out of 5 stars Run, Don't Walk to Get This Book, June 18, 2005

By 

JSpangler "CALGal" (Silicon Valley, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Desert Wood: An Anthology of Nevada Poets (Western Literature) (Paperback)

What a find! This is a great book--49 poets, from 1-17 poems each, averaging maybe 7 each, written 1930-1990. These moving, vital, contemporary poems stand on their own without a Nevada connection. A quote from the editor, Shaun T. Griffin: "My motivation at first for editing this anthology was an undefined desire to see Nevada poets represented in more than passing form. But now...it is because of the poetry itself that I edit this book. The poetry made the journey worth the coming home." By Adrian C Lewis: THE CHICKEN BLUES/Outside his room the rain/sizzles upon government roofs./Inside, he fries chicken thighs/and tries not to spatter his unmade bed./Whispers circuit through the smoke./Tiny faces dance in the grease/and leap to his hand/to sink their teeth./Faces of all the women who cooked for him./He still lurks in the shadows of their eggshell skirts/and if he is fragile in his solitude/and scrambled beyond measures/of good, white taste/it is because of reasons he has yet to manufacture./He is the master of excuses./He will quite drinking tomorrow/he has said for twenty years/but then again, maybe he won't." Run, don't walk....