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""At once a love song and a dirge to a landscape being swallowed by the waters that define it."-St. Petersburg TimesAn evocative meditation on destruction and creation, the sacred and eph… Plus…

""At once a love song and a dirge to a landscape being swallowed by the waters that define it."-St. Petersburg TimesAn evocative meditation on destruction and creation, the sacred and ephemeral, along Louisiana's coast. In poems that bear witness to the eroding bayou country and its Cajun culture, Martha Serpas venerates a vanishing landscape defined by water-sensuous, fecund, and destructive. As marsh turns into gulf, identity and consciousness are transformed as well. Serpas's verses invest par" ""At once a love song and a dirge to a landscape being swallowed by the waters that define it."-St. Petersburg TimesAn evocative meditation on destruction and creation, the sacred and ephemeral, along Louisiana's coast. In poems that bear witness to the eroding bayou country and its Cajun culture, Martha Serpas venerates a vanishing landscape defined by water-sensuous, fecund, and destructive. As marsh turns into gulf, identity and consciousness are transformed as well. Serpas's verses invest paradox with her own defiantly spiritual meaning." American, Poetry, The Dirty Side of the Storm: Poems~~ Martha Serpas~~American~~Poetry~~9780393069808, en, The Dirty Side of the Storm: Poems, Martha Serpas, 9780393069808, W.W. Norton & Company, 10/28/2009, , , , W.W. Norton & Company, 10/28/2009<

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At once a love song and a dirge to a landscape being swallowed by the waters that define it."-St. Petersburg Times An evocative meditation on destruction and creation, the sacred and ephe… Plus…

At once a love song and a dirge to a landscape being swallowed by the waters that define it."-St. Petersburg Times An evocative meditation on destruction and creation, the sacred and ephemeral, along Louisiana's coast. In poems that bear witness to the eroding bayou country and its Cajun culture, Martha Serpas venerates a vanishing landscape defined by water-sensuous, fecund, and destructive. As marsh turns into gulf, identity and consciousness are transformed as well. Serpas's verses invest pa At once a love song and a dirge to a landscape being swallowed by the waters that define it."-St. Petersburg Times An evocative meditation on destruction and creation, the sacred and ephemeral, along Louisiana's coast. In poems that bear witness to the eroding bayou country and its Cajun culture, Martha Serpas venerates a vanishing landscape defined by water-sensuous, fecund, and destructive. As marsh turns into gulf, identity and consciousness are transformed as well. Serpas's verses invest paradox with her own defiantly spiritual meaning. American, Poetry, The Dirty Side of the Storm: Poems~~ Martha Serpas~~American~~Poetry~~9780393069808, en, The Dirty Side of the Storm: Poems, Martha Serpas, 9780393069808, W.W. Norton & Company, 10/28/2009, , , , W.W. Norton & Company, 10/28/2009<

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An evocative meditation on destruction and creation, the sacred and ephemeral, along Louisiana's coast. In poems that bear witness to the eroding bayou country and its Cajun culture, Mart… Plus…

An evocative meditation on destruction and creation, the sacred and ephemeral, along Louisiana's coast. In poems that bear witness to the eroding bayou country and its Cajun culture, Martha Serpas venerates a vanishing landscape defined by watersensuous, fecund, and destructive. As marsh turns into gulf, identity and consciousness are transformed as well. Serpas's verses invest paradox with her own defiantly spiritual meaning. EBooks Books~~Poetry~~General Dirty-Side-of-the-Storm~~Martha-Serpas Norton, W.W. & Company, Inc.<

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""At once a love song and a dirge to a landscape being swallowed by the waters that define it."-St. Petersburg TimesAn evocative meditation on destruction and creation, the sacred and eph… Plus…

""At once a love song and a dirge to a landscape being swallowed by the waters that define it."-St. Petersburg TimesAn evocative meditation on destruction and creation, the sacred and ephemeral, along Lou" American, Poetry, The Dirty Side of the Storm: Poems~~ Martha Serpas~~American~~Poetry~~9780393069808, en, The Dirty Side of the Storm: Poems, Martha Serpas, 9780393069808, W.W. Norton & Company, 10/28/2009, , , , W.W. Norton & Company, 10/28/2009<