The Tether: Poems

by Carl Phillips

Book Overview

Graceful and resonant new work by a lyric poet at the height of his skill.

As I understand it, I could
call him. Though it would help,
it is not required that I give him
a name first. Also, nothing
says he stops, then, or must turn.
--from The Figure, the Boundary, the Light

In the art of falconry, during training the tether between the gloved fist and the raptor's anklets is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374528454
• ISBN13: 9780374528454
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.3"