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Ghost Nets
Ghost Nets is the first US collection by John Wilkinson. Ranging from brief lyrics to elaborately-structured long poems, the collection displays the intense musicality, syntactical intricacy and affective power characteristic of his poetry. But the political, social and economic crises of the period in the US shape Wilkinson’s writing in new ways, more vulnerable and more evidently responsive to others’ vulnerability.
Table of Contents
Amours de Voyage • Crown of Nettles • Taking Liberties • Taking Heart • Meet the Folks • The Cages • Ministry of All the Talents • Delta Force • The Diagram • Unicorn Bait • Not Us • Lyric • Laundromat • New Iraq, New Orleans • Dredge Spoils • Pure Cotton Buds • Lane Etiquette • Neda Agha-Soltan, Travel Agent • Victoria Soto, Teacher • Formation • Terre Haute • Timing Chain • Rainclouds • The Master of the Well of Life • Olympia • Set Down • The Summons • Shop Floor • In Suffrance • A Claim to Land By the River • The Whole Deal • Ode: The Light Thickens • Ode at the Gate of the Gathering • Courses Matter-Woven • Green Tara