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In the Laurels, Caught (Fence Modern Poets Series)
In the Laurels Caught - Fence Modern Poets Series Author:Lee Ann Brown In the Laurels, Caught is a collection of lighthearted, deep-rooted poems written around the Appalachian region of North Carolina in Madison County. An adventurous, intellectually restless native, Lee Ann Brown writes out of attachment but with the slant of a transplanted outsider. She investigates elements of local language, musicality, materia... more »l culture, and landscape, using collage, found poetry, and oral history and anecdote.A Daylily's blossom
only lasts one dayBinnorie O Binorie OMy grandmother showed me
how to have my sayO the glory O the gloryNow every time I see a faded drooping budI deadhead it like she did so the rest can live onThe story O the storyLee Ann Brown is professor of English at St. John's University. Her book Polyverse won the New American Poetry Series Award. The Sleep That Changed Everything appeared in 2003. She is founding editor of the small press Tender Buttons.« less