Apparition HillMary Ruefle is an observer who seeks to bring sense and order to her world. This is a world that can span continents and centuries, but in each. the poem is defined by where she is at that moment. Many of the poems in Apparition Hill were written in or about China, and Ruefle brings an eye for the universal to what she finds in the exotic, as she transcends both time and geography. |
Contents
Lapland | 3 |
Instrument of the Highest | 17 |
Down into Szechuan | 30 |
Copyright | |
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