The Rented Violin

by Karen Whalley

Overview

The first book by a poet who finds the numinous in ordinary things. At first glance the poems seem simple lyrics of domestic life, but they also take us deeply into the spiritual realm. Whalley shows us how beautiful and valuable are the parts of our lives we tend to overlook.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781931337144
Publisher:	Copper Canyon Press
Publication date:	01/01/2003
Pages:	104
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Karen Whalley was raised in a small town by the sea in rural Washington. In 2001 she was the recipient of a Rona Jaffe Award for Poetry. She has taught English at Peninsula College, and currently lives and works in Port Angeles, WA. The Rented Violin is her first book.

Table of Contents

I.
	Yellow From a Distance	1
	Falling	2
	Hollyhocks	5
	Love Must Be Actual	7
	Two True Stories	9
	After Four Years	11
	At the Back	13
	French Rose	15
	Still Life in Frost	17
	Lazarus	19
	Wild Ginger	21
	Runaway	23
	Protection	26
	I Had a Vision	28
	Picking Plums	30
	The Calling	32
	After Driving Back From the City	34
	The Good Lie	36
	There's a Rose Called Everlasting	38
II.
	Failing for You	41
	Family Story	43
	Under the Sign of Fire	45
	Below Zero	47
	A Different Language	48
	Heavenly Completion	50
	Family of Hard Workers	52
	Equinox	54
	Bargain	56
	Neighbors	58
	Mother of a Son	60
	Waiting Outside	62
	Broken Bone	64
	After the Rejection	65
	Iron Lung	66
	Reading the Ugly Duckling	67
	When He Prunes the Roses	69
	In the Lap of a Stranger	71
	Sounds that Come to Her Porch in Evening	73
	Summer Flood	74
	Discovery Bay	76
	The Haircut	78
	The Rented Violin	80
	Decay	82
	Notes & Acknowledgments	87