Sight Lines

Sep 29, 2026

Sight Lines is a poetry collection by Arthur Sze, published in 2019 by Copper Canyon Press. The front matter presents the book’s composition, copyright and publication details, cover-artist information, and library cataloging records. A detailed contents list maps a wide sequence of poem titles and sections, ranging from “Water Calligraphy” through later pieces such as “Kintsugi,” “Yellow Lightning,” “Net Light,” and “Acknowledgments,” with page numbers and themed variety across the volume.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages88

Reading Time2 h 16 min

AccessFree to download

Water Calligraphy

Stilling to North

No one

Westbourne Street

Cloud Hands

In the Bronx

Unpacking a Globe

During the Cultural Revolution

Traversal

The Radiant's

Doppler Effect

Adamant

A woman detonates

Python Skin

Lichen Song

Black Center

Under a Rising Moon

Light Echoes

First Snow

Salt cedar

Courtyard Fire

White Sands

Salt Song

The plutonium waste

Sprang

Kintsugi

Yellow Lightning

Red-Ruffed Lemur

This Is the Writing, the Speaking of the Dream

Net Light

Transfigurations

Dawn Redwood

Xeriscape

The Far Norway Maples

Sight Lines

The Glass Constellation

Acknowledgments

Notes

About the Author

Sight I SANTA CRUZ PUBLIC LIBRARIES0000125720805 UR SZE # SIGHT LINES Books by Arthur Sze POETRY Sight LinesCompass RoseThe Ginkgo LightQuipu The Redshifting Web:Poems 1970-1998ArchipelagoRiver RiverDazzledTwo RavensThe Willow Wind # TRANSLATIONS The Silk Dragon:Translations from the ChineseEDITOR Chinese Writers on Writing # Sight Lines Copyright 2019 by Arthur SzeAll rights reservedPrinted in the United States of America Cover art:Eve Aschheim,Da Vincis Circle,1989,graphite andgesso on paper Copper Canyon Press is in residence at Fort Worden State Parkin Port Townsend,Washington,under the auspices of Centrum.Centrum is a gathering place for artists and creative thinkersfrom around the world,students of all ages and backgrounds,and audiences seeking extraordinary cultural enrichment. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATANames:Sze,Arthur,author. Title:Sight lines/Arthur Sze. Description:Port Townsend,Washington:Copper Canyon Press,[2019] Identifiers:LCCN 2018052007|ISBN 9781556595592(paperback :alk.paper) Classification:LCC PS3569.Z38 A62019|DDC 811/.54—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018052007 98765432 FIRST PRINTING Copper Canyon PressPost Office Box 271Port Townsend,Washington 98368 www.coppercanyonpress.org for Carol Contents Water Calligraphy3Stilling to North12No one 13 Westbourne Street 14Cloud Hands15In the Bronx16Unpacking a Globe17 During the Cultural Revolution 18Traversal19The Radiant's20Doppler Effect21Adamant22A woman detonates23Python Skin24Lichen Song29Black Center30Under a Rising Moon31Light Echoes32First Snow33Salt cedar34Courtyard Fire35White Sands36Salt Song37The plutonium waste38Sprang391 Winter Stars392 Hole403 Talisman41 4 Kintsugi 42 5 Yellow Lightning 43 6 Red-Ruffed Lemur44 7 This Is the Writing,the Speaking of the Dream 45 8 Net Light 46 9 Sprang 47 A man who built48 Transfigurations49 Dawn Redwood50 Xeriscape 51 The Far Norway Maples 52 Sight Lines 53 The Glass Constellation 55 Acknowledgments 65 Notes 67 About the Author 69

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Who is the author of Sight Lines?

Sight Lines is by Arthur Sze.

Which publisher released Sight Lines in 2019?

Copper Canyon Press published Sight Lines in 2019.

What does the table of contents list?

The contents list poem titles and sections across the book, along with page numbers, and includes sections such as “Acknowledgments,” “Notes,” and “About the Author.”

Sep 29, 2026

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