Wild Flight

Wild FlightSoaring across extensive terrain, from the working world of Detroit to American suburbia and pop culture; from the European landscape of World War II to the current war in Iraq, Christine Rhein opens her personal world to the world at large. In poems that explore the historical, social, and scientific, as well as the poignant and humorous, Rhein relishes life s juxtapositions. from Tuning I try to tune out the boom boom boom from the shooting range

Soaring across extensive terrain, from the working world of Detroit to American suburbia and pop culture; from the European landscape of World War II to the current war in Iraq, Christine Rhein opens her personal world to the world at large. In poems that explore the historical, social, and scientific, as well as the poignant and humorous, Rhein relishes life s juxtapositions.
from Tuning
I try to tune out the boom boom boom
from the shooting range two miles from my house,
and think of the people who live next door
to the targets, or in the din of London and Berlin
where nightingales now sing fourteen decibels louder
to be heard by mates, quintupling the pressure
in their lungs . . . . . . Imagine
if we could hear bread rising, dew forming, the budding
of raspberries, the tear of a cocoon, a minnow s pulse,
our own cells growing, dying. When my husband
kisses my ear, I love the swoosh, the quiver, his breaths
and driven by wind, my whispered name."

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Published: 03/15/2008
ISBN: 9780896726215
Pages: 104
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 9.18h x 6.31w x 0.59d