false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179941299m/975513.jpg 975513 2 In this eloquent long poem, Claudia Emerson employs the voices of two family members on a small southern farm to examine the universal complexities of place, generation, memory, and identity. Alternating between the voices of Preacher and Sister, Pinion is narrated by the younger, surviving sister Rose, in whose memory the now-gone family and farm vividly live on. <P>Sister tells of her observances in day-to-day life in the 1920s and her struggle to take care of her father, grown brothers, and Rose-"the change of-life-baby"-after the death of her mother: "The hens had hidden their heads beneath / their wings; they blinded themselves as I dusted / the kneading bowl with flour sifted fine as silk, and so / I disappeared as I sank my fists into it." Preacher feels keenly the burden of running the farm and fears being the last one to live on the place: "I was held fast there, pinioned, not / dying, growing numb and light, wait-crazed / and finally calm." Both wrestle with a desire for independence and the duty to home they are bound to by birth; neither marries or leaves. <P>Pinion is ultimately a wrenching elegy that Rose creates. She is the one who escaped, only to realize, "I survive them all, but I find I have become the house they keep." 960409 1 2 2002 Pinion: An Elegy (Southern Messenger Poets) total:18|5:11|4:4|3:3|2:0|1:0| 18 80 28 2 0 0 false false Fri May 15 13:51:31 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 13:51:31 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Sep 27 13:31:18 -0700 2007 Wed Jan 02 06:43:40 -0800 2008 povel, a book of poetry that works as a novel. This book is a work of fiction, a collection that takes place in the earlier 1900s on a farm. The narrator is the last living sibling, but she tells the story from the voices of her brother Preacher and her sister who...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Oct 17 15:41:23 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 15:41:23 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Aug 21 09:08:30 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 09:08:30 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Aug 18 17:48:42 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 18:57:04 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 15 05:10:56 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 05:10:56 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat May 02 17:04:36 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 17:04:36 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Apr 25 23:27:22 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 23:27:22 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Feb 09 19:20:04 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 09:00:02 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 19:20:04 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Sep 25 20:33:58 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 20:33:58 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Aug 20 15:26:26 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 15:26:26 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Thu Jul 17 14:42:29 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 14:42:29 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Fri Jun 27 11:22:03 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 11:22:03 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jun 24 14:45:34 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 14:45:34 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Jun 17 19:26:27 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 19:26:27 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sun May 18 08:54:18 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 08:54:18 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu May 01 12:23:53 -0700 2008 Thu May 01 12:23:53 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Apr 10 18:09:31 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 10 18:09:36 -0700 2008 5 0 true true Sun Feb 17 14:59:50 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 14:59:50 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Thu Feb 07 10:20:27 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 10:20:27 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=975513