With a new introduction by A.E. Stringer, this reprint of Louise McNeill's classic work remains as vivid as when it was first published. Containing poems from several decades of her career,Paradox Hill: From Appalachia to Lunar Shoreis a must-have collection of a beloved poet's heartfelt exploration of her physical and cultural surroundings.
Louise McNeillwas born in 1911 in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. She was West Virginia Poet Laureate from 1979 until her death in 1993.A. E. Stringeris Professor of Creative Writing at Marshall University.
Foreword to the First Edition
Introduction, Arthur E. Stringer
Appalachia Stories at Evening
The Roads
Ballad of Pete Ellers
Ballad of the Rest Home
Ballad of New River
Ballad of Miss Sally
Scotch Irish
Memoria
Hill Daughter
First Flight
Limestone Cavern
Sea and Fire
Walk in Autumn
The Roads
The Sailor
Garden Moment
Arrow Grasses by Greenbrier River
Involved
Blizzard
Snow Angels
Threnody for Old Orchards
Fox and Geese
Overheard on a Bus (Miner’s Wife)
Overheard on a Bus (Woman with a cleft palate)
Mayapple Hill
Heart-Wood
Blue and Brown
Gravity
Pasture Line Fence
The Old Woman
Over the Mountain
Scattered Leaves To the Boys in Freshman History
The Dream
Poet
The Cave
The Golden Garden of Cuzco
Eden Tree
Warning
Time—The Passage of Time
Confession
Boating Song
The Invisible Line
Aubade to Fear
Reflection Without Color
Minutiae
Under Sea—The Unicorn
To Lunar Shore Of Soothsayers
Fireseed
After the Blast
Life-Force
Potherbs
The New Corbies
Prophecy for the Atomic Age
After Hearing a Lecture on Modern Physics
The Martian Box
The Lovers—Space Age
Earth Day—1970
White Dwarf Stars
Space Slă—
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