Night Perimeter: New and Selected Poems 1958-1990 [Paperback]

Carroll Arnett (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 091267881X | ISBN-13: 978-0912678818 | Publication Date: January 1, 1991

Poetry. Carroll Arnett is perhaps the most significant of modern-day Cherokee poets.and is also one of the most important Indian writers today" -Geary Hobson, Nimrod, Spring/Summer 1989.

Editorial Reviews

Review

...as Tenderness Befalls You
Anadarko John
Antique Collector
Ask Mister Kipling
At White Earth
Beware
Billy Walkabout
Bio-poetic Statement: Instruction To Warriors On Security
Blood Song
Boone County
Breeding
Cedar Swamp
The Choice
Cold Country
The Congruent
The Dare
Dear John
Death Song
Dog Soldier
Early Song
Enrolled
Epitaph
Even Now
Fast
Fat
Ford Madox Ford
Four Doe
Gentle Reader
The Gesture
The Good Men
The Grace
Graffito Found In The Faculty Men's John ...
Grandma Rena
The Grant Boys: 1
The Grant Boys: 2
The Grant Boys: 3
Grunt
Here And There
History
Homage To Andrew Jackson
Honey And Wendell
Land
Last May
Lecture
The Lie
My Horse William
Need
Next
No Animals Allowed
Noni Daylight Going Home: 1
Noni Daylight Going Home: 2
O Educationeers
Oklahoma Duet
The Old Man Said: Eight
The Old Man Said: Five
The Old Man Said: Four
The Old Man Said: One
The Old Man Said: Seven
The Old Man Said: Six
The Old Man Said: Three
The Old Man Said: Two
One Afternoon
Our Mutual Friend
Papa D
Paraplegic Woodchuck
Plain Man
Poontang Blues
Powwow
The Promise
The Reason
Refrain
Removal: 1
Removal: 2
Removal: 3
Removal: 4
Removal: 5
Removal: 6
Removal: 7
Roadman
A Round
Salutation
The Same
Somehow
Someone Else
Something For Supper (1)
Song
Song
Song Of The Breed
Song To Move On
Stories From '46/47
The Story Of My Life
A Study
Sweat
Take Care
Take Your Time
Thanks Anyway
That Morning Redwing Fell Through The Ceiling
Then
Tlanuwa
Travel Notes: Calumet To Mecosta
Two For Barney
Ulinawi
Wait
The Wake
Warrior Song
Welcome
Wood
Years Ago
You
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Greenfield Review Press (January 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 091267881X
• ISBN-13: 978-0912678818
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,426,248 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A modest man, September 16, 2001

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I.C. Storey (Grand Rapids, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Night Perimeter: New and Selected Poems 1958-1990 (Paperback)

Having known and studied under Carroll Arnett, I can only say that he lived the words he wrote. He lived his life simply, and with great joy, and found the beauty and pain (sometimes the same) in life that we so often pass by without observation. Carroll saw those things in life that most of us don't, but he also passed his wisdom along to those of us in his wake. This collection of poetry from a long and productive career neither spans nor reflects any "academic," popular "literary" movements -- from year to year, Arnett found the cadence in his heart and the sound of the world around him, into which he was completely intuned, and put it on the paper - honestly and clearly. We all miss him, but we have his words to keep us going.

5.0 out of 5 stars Night Perimeter, May 25, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Night Perimeter: New and Selected Poems 1958-1990 (Paperback)

Carrol Arnett was a skilled player with words in a culture where the value of words is highly respected. The things that he noticed were everyday and eternal: the interactions between people, the search for an identity. All consumers of poetry should partake.