Carnal World.Carnal carnal adjective Referring to the flesh, to baser instincts, often referring to sexual “knowledge” World Terri Witek Story Line Press, Inc. PO Box 1240, Ashland, OR 97520-0055 Sullivan Creative Writing Program, Stetson University Stetson University is a private, co-educational, liberal arts university that consistently earns high rankings in national college guides. In the 2007 U.S. News and World Report guide, Stetson ranks 2nd (tied with Elon) in the category of Southern Masters-granting institutions.. , Department of English Noun 1. department of English - the academic department responsible for teaching English and American literature English department academic department - a division of a school that is responsible for a given subject 421 N. Woodland Blvd., Unit 8300, DeLand, FL (author) 1586540491 $14.00 www.storylinepress.com Written by Terri Witek (Art and Melissa Sullivan Chair in Creative Writing, Stetson University), Carnal World is an anthology of brief, free-verse poems. A common binding theme is "ekphrasis", or poems about paintings; Carnal World delves Delves is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated a short distance to the south of Consett. into the hidden secrets behind the figures who pose gracefully or poorly for the artist's canvas. An alternately thoughtful and mischievous mis·chie·vous adj. 1. Causing mischief. 2. Playful in a naughty or teasing way. 3. Troublesome; irritating: a mischievous prank. 4. experience. "Lady Ida Sitwell": Who but herself can say for certain / that any woman is a virgin? / Light-fingered servants, vendors, doctors, / undertakers, weathermongers--/ most trades depend on speculation. // When I was matched at seventeen / my husband-to-be went mad for gardens. / If a drone, May-dazed, overspends on nectar, / who but himself can say for certain? // And if under that sky (bluebells suspended) / a glimmer of easy seedlings quickens / as if warmed between ancestral covers / and every bumbler turns whoremonger / for whom will the pink-tipped lily open? / Who but herself can say for certain? |
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