Why Dogs Stopped Flying
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About this book
self-ironic. Yet, in this collection perhaps more than his earlier work, the particularity of the poet’s insight into the physical world and the warmth of his affection for it combine
to create an unexpected transcendence. Beasts and bodies are transformed in his lines, and our dim, unremarkable lives on this shadowed earth become somehow more
luminous—small words to the moon, small suns opening in the dark.
Author / Editor information
Influential for over three decades as a poet, writer, teacher, and mentor in the Intermountain West, Kenneth W. Brewer published ten books of poetry; hundreds of individual poems in literary journals; dozens of essays and articles; he also gave countless readings, and conducted writing workshops throughout the Western states. Professor of English at Utah State University for 32 years, Brewer served on the Board of Directors of the Utah Arts Council and was Utah's poet laureate from 2003 to 2005. As this book was going to print, Ken Brewer passed away at his home in Providence, Utah, surrounded by family and friends.
Reviews
Ken Brewer loved life, perfected his own art of right living, and graciously accepted his role and responsibility as earth's caretaker. In his poetic Bestiary, we see his metaphorical alter-ego, the joyous spokesman for and champion of the earth and the earth's have-nots. The voice of these poems is a radical departure from Dr. Kenneth Brewer, Poet Laureate of Utah, scholar and archetypal gentleman. Here we have Ken-of-the-earth, Old Mongrel, keen-nosed, sharp-eyed, quick-witted and on point. These poems are as refreshing as a face-slap of cold water on a crisp morning.
David Lee
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Front Matter
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Contents
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Why dogs stopped flying
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Belted galloways
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Broad-tailed hummingbirds
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Brother slug
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Cat
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Chickadee drive-in
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Coyote on a cloud of nitrogen
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Curl
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Dermatophagoides
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Field Guide
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Fishing Before the Frost
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Fox at Play
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Goat’s Milk
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Goldenrod Spider
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Great Spangled Fritillary
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Henslow’s Sparrow
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Home
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How to Train a Horse to Burn
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Largest Living Organism on Earth
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Learning to draw
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Loons
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Magpie springs
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Martha (1 SEPTEMBER 1914)
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Mourning cloak
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“Now the sun has come to earth”
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Old fences
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Scarlett penstemon
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Sheep
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Solitary vireo
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The courage of frogs
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The dignity of cockroaches
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The many beings
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The silliest debate
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The tarantula hawk
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Watching the waterfall
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What happens to pansies in utah
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What i learned from the joshua forest
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After the big bang
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