TY - BOOK AU - Burt,Stephen TI - Advice from the lights: poems SN - 1555977898 AV - PS3552.U7695 A6 2017 U1 - 811/.54 23 PY - 2017///] CY - Minneapolis, Minnesota PB - Graywolf Press KW - Burt, Stephen, KW - American poetry KW - 21st century N1 - Contents; Ice for the Ice Trade --; My 1979 --; Hermit Crab --; Princess Stephanie --; A covered bridge in Littleton, New Hampshire --; My 1980 --; Over Sacramento --; Kites --; Swans at a pond by JFK Airport --; To the naked mole rats at the National Zoo --; My 1981 --; Inside outside Stephanie --; Scarlet, a Betta --; Roly-Poly bug --; After Callimachus (So reactionaries...) --; Palinode with Playmobil Figurines --; My 1982 --; Fifth Grade time capsule --; Cloud studies --; My 1983 --; Black raspberry canes --; First kiss Stephanie --; Taboos at twelve --; Esprit Stephanie --; After Callimachus (Half of me...) --; The Cars' greatest hits --; Mean girls --; My 1985 --; Fairy story Stephanie --; Herring gull --; Electrical Flora --; My 1986 --; Water strider --; Gymnastics Stephanie --; Cicadas --; My 1987 --; School smoking lounge Stephanie --; Palinode with study guide, spackling knife, and sewing kit --; After Callimachus (Why do I write?) --; Sadder --; A nickel on top of a penny --; Advice from the lights --; Anubis --; Paper Stephanie --; Helium --; A crime at Pattaya --; The sun rising --; Royal botanical --; Pastorale --; Advice or prayer for airports --; Indian Stream Republic --; yƌcossaise --; Spoken for a pair of ferrets -- After Callimachus (It's hard work...) --; Tierra Stephanie --; Secondhand flashlight --; Creative writing --; Final exam Stephanie --; Advice for holding together --; Tourmalines --; Washingtonian --; Advice from Rock Creek Park --; Suspense --; December 2016 --; Resolved --; Fuzzy Golem doll with 6" keychain --; Concord grapes --; White Lobelia -- Notes -- Acknowledgments ER -