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bird skin coat
bird skin coat is brimming with startling moments of beauty found within a rusty and decayed landscape . with wild lyrical images of ascent and descent doves and dives sparrows and slugs attics and cellars this collection reflects sorbys keen eye for blending images . as they shuttle between the upper midwest and the pacific northwest these poems explore how the radical instability of the world is also the source of its energy . honorable mention posner book length poetry award council for wisconsin writers winner best book of poetry midwest book awards
paperback university of wisconsin press 2009 isbn13 9780299231941 isbn10 0299231941
abridged n isbn 13 9780299231941 number in series 1 number of pages 79 publisher univ of wisconsin pr release date 62135769600000 series title brittingham prize in poetry