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St. John, David, 1949- author.

The auroras : new poems / David St. John.

1st ed.

New York : HarperCollins, 2012.

74 pages ; 24 cm

A collection of poetry, composed of three movements, starts with a sequence of sensually charged poems, moves on to the California landscapes of the author's youth, and concludes with meditations on an emerging sense of mortality.

Poetry.

American poetry -- 21st century.

Poetry.

Gypsy Davy: The lake -- The aurora of the new mind -- Gypsy Davy's flute of rain -- Three jade dice -- Hollywood salvation -- Pythagorean perfume -- Schopenhauer's dog collar -- The aurora of the lost dulcimer -- Late oracle sonnet. -- In the High Country: In the high country -- The future -- From a bridge -- Waiting -- Without mercy, the rains continued -- Hungry ghost -- In the Mojave -- Human fields -- My friend says -- Cambria pines -- Harvest -- The fixer -- Creque alley -- The peaks -- Leaving the valley -- Reckless wing -- Piñon -- The girl who lived in the rain -- The boy -- Quicksilver girl -- Paisley -- The empty frame -- Late offerings. -- The auroras: -- The auroras -- Dawn aurora Lago di Como -- Autumn aurora -- Florentine aurora -- The aurora called destiny -- The swan -- Ghost aurora -- Aurore Parisienne -- Père Lachaise -- The book -- The aurora of the midnight ink -- Dark aurora.

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