Nine Skies: POEMS (National Poetry Series) [Paperback]

A V. Christie (Author)

Book Description

Series: National Poetry Series | Publication Date: April 1, 1997

This title is selected by Sandra McPherson for the 1996 "National Poetry Series". The late poet James V. Dickey was judge of the Yale Prize poetry competition when he wrote to A. V. Christie, one of the finalists, "I have become very fond of your poems, especially the elegiac ones...Your work is heartfelt; one believes every word of it...You have given me much in-depth pleasure; have moved me strongly." The work in "Nine Skies" is as Dickey described it - heartfelt, moving.

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Review

Acrostic For Mother
Alchemy
Along The Avenue
Andrew Hears The Voice Of His Own Elegy
Belongings
Bird Song
Brassai's Lovers
California Self-portrait
Camp Holiday
Coin
Darwin Crosses The Andes
Evermay-on-the-delaware
The Formal Gardens
Glyph
Idee Fixe
In My Dream
Into The Solid Air
Landscape: Eye Brooch
Late Swim
Legend
Liberty Print
Motion Study
Nine Skies
Passage
Rumor
Seated Girl With Dog
Somewhere Past Flesh
Spirit Line
Surround
Their Titanic
Your Harmonica
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Product Details

• Paperback: 72 pages
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press (April 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0252066448
• ISBN-13: 978-0252066443
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,736,230 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful collection of poems., August 13, 1997

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This review is from: Nine Skies: POEMS (National Poetry Series) (Paperback)

At the end of the millennium, many are concerned with the elegaic. A.V. Christie has put together a collection of poems that holds at its core a loss, and the most amazing thing about this collection is the fact that loss never becomes a spectacle, something willfully sentimental. The emotions we are given are true, not falsified, not high drama, and for that, they are all the more moving. A beautiful collection of poems. I suspect we will be seeing much more of Ms. Christie's work in the future. NINE SKIES was selected by Sandra McPherson as one of the winning manuscripts in The National Poetry Series.