This Human Shape

by Chad Hanson

Overview

Poetry. This new collection by Chad Hanson is populated with interesting characters in the tradition of Edgar Lee Master's Spoon River Anthology or Dave Etter's Sunflower County. The women and men in Hanson's poems, under the influence of a high plains geography, veer into remarkable transformations and unusual relationships—a dinner date with a waterfall or a spruce tree that goes off to college for instance. Both playful and serious, these poetic vignettes give us insight into the complex connections of our existence, THIS HUMAN SHAPE we've inherited.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781937693855
Publisher:	Red Dragonfly Press
Publication date:	06/01/2016
Pages:	78
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Chad Hanson, a resident of Casper, Wyoming, is the author of two books of creative non-fiction about trout and trout fishing. His previous collection with Red Dragonfly Press, PATCHES OF LIGHT (Red Dragonfly Press, 2014), was the recipient of the David Martinson-Meadowhawk Prize.

Table of Contents

Drinking the Sky at Night 11

Sightings 12

Mirror Mirror 13

Careen 14

Wolf 15

Prescribed Burn 16

Martha 17

Boneflower 18

This Human Shape 19

Sunrise 20

Heirloom 21

A Wine Rack Full of Ghosts 22

Love in a Time of Economic Recession 23

Ursa Major 24

Masks 25

Roots 26

Chest of Drawers 27

Infinite Wave 28

The Farmer Follows the Plow 29

Constellations 30

Wishes. Arranged. 31

Trap Line 32

Fort Myers 33

Emergency Contact 34

Continental Divide 35

Inside Passage 36

Alonely 37

Where is Zephyr? 38

The Center of the Earth 39

Beasts, and the Children 40

Jack 41

Turquoise Mine 42

Abel & Rose 43

Township 44

Sad. Beautiful. Desperate. Futile. 45

History Wind 46

Threadbare 47

Topography 48

Little Big Talk 49

Leave Me Alone 50

Two Cans, a Sidewalk, and a String 51

Shores 52

Herstory 53

Bark 54

Landmarks 55

Sawdust 56

Hide 57

A Piece Torn from a Map of Iowa 58

Better Homes & Gardens 59

Withdrawn 60

Horseness 61

Burger King in Repose 62

Queen Aspen 63

Speedboat 64

On the Ropes 65

Creation Myth 66

Trees 67

Time Island 68

Feathers 69

Acknowledgments

About the Author