Townsend, Ann, 1962-

The coronary garden : poems / Ann Townsend. - 1st ed. - Louisville, Ky. : Sarabande Books, c2005. - x, 83 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

I. The Coronary Garden -- The Mowers -- They Call You Moody -- Love Poem, Unwritten -- Elegy -- Touch Me Not -- Matters of Beauty -- As For Men -- Old-Fashioned Kissing -- The Long Illness -- Just Toast, Thank You. II. No Shelter -- Preparatory Meditation -- Childless -- Her Black Shoe -- Your Body's Weight Upon Me -- Mindful of You -- The Wave -- A Door -- Butane, Kerosene, Gasoline -- The Reliquary -- From a Window. III. The Dinner Guest -- Ohio Farm House, ca. 1848 -- The Home Arts -- St. Veronica's Trials -- Early Days - Geraniums -- The Shirt Collar -- Candyland -- Mouse's Nest -- Sometimes the Horse - Night Ride ; Fly Mask ; Cold Water -- The Enclosure Act - Notes.

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Poetry.

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