The Girl in the Yellow Raincoat - Poems by Anthony S. Abbott

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A poetry collection centered on The Girl in the Yellow Raincoat, presenting a curated sequence of poems by Anthony S. Abbott. The front matter includes acknowledgments to multiple literary journals and presses, publication and printing credits, and a detailed table of contents listing featured poems. The contents span many individual works, supported by themes suggested through titles such as first love, waves, white water, seekers, and holy family.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages92

Reading Time2 h 22 min

AccessFree to download

Acknowledgments

Contents

The Girl in the Yellow Raincoat

First Love

Waves

Fool's Paradise

Blood Talk

Artist's Lives

Transfiguration

Not Wisely But Too Well

When You Came Back

Distances

Evening Light

Out of Season

Taking Care

Incarnation

Geriatrics

Long Distances

Once Upon A Time

Holding the Dark

Mary's Dream

The Long Field

Letter to S.

Halfway Covenant

Seekers

Holy Family

Out of that Darkness

The New Magi

Eye of a Needle

From Another Angle

Once Upon A Time

Daisies

Leavings

Walter Mitty Goes to New York

Emergency Repairs

Going Down

Up the Rabbit Hole

Up the Rabbit Hole or Oz Remembered

This Day

Echoes of this Place

The Poet's Visit

Yesterday, My Father

Covering the Dead

Good Friday

Carolyn's Poem

Out of Mourning

Before Forty

After

The Girl in the Yellow Raincoat poems by Anthony S.Abbott Digitized by the Internet Archivein 2012 http://archive.org/details/girlinyellowrain00abbo The Girl in the Yellow Raincoat Also by Anthony S.Abbott: The Search for Wonder in the Cradle of the WorldA Small Thing Like A BreathShaw and ChristianityThe Vital Lie:Reality and Illusion in Modern Drama | The Girl in the
Yellow Raincoat | | --- | | | | poems by
Anthony S.Abbott | | | | St.Andrews College Press
Laurinburg,North Carolina | # Acknowledgments New England Review for“After”Southern Poetry Review for"Fool's Paradise,""Daisies," “Up the Rabbit Hole,"and"Echoes of This Place” Cedar Rock for“Geriatrics"and“Poem for Ruth”Crucible for"Waves,""Leavings,""The Poet's Visit,"“Shore Birds,"and"Frost in August” St.Andrews Review for“"The Long Field"and“Walter MittyGoes to New York” Anglican Theological Review for"Seekers,""Not Wisely But TooWell,"and“This Day” Cairn for“Your Poem” Tar River Poetry for“Blood Talk” Laurel Review for "Incarnation,"“Out of Mourning,"and“Holy Family” Davidson Miscellany for“Secrets” Cold Mountain Review for“Long Distances” Lyricist for“Morning Dreams,""Artist's Lives,""Covering the Dead,"“Taking Care,"“When You Came Back," “White Water,""Once Upon A Time,"“Good Friday,” and“The Man Who Had Lost Something” North Carolina Poetry Society Award Winning Poems for"The Girl in the Yellow Raincoat,""Mary's Dream,""Poem for Robert Bly,"and “First Love” Pembroke Magazine for“Evening Light” Christianity and Literature for“Out of that Darkness”Arts Journal for"Letter to S." Kent Quarterly for“Class Reunion"and“The New Magi” Carolina Literary Companion for"Emergency Repairs,""Yesterday,My Father,"and "Holding the Dark” Copyright ◎1989,1998,2002 by Anthony S.Abbott St.Andrews College Press1700 Dogwood MileLaurinburg,NC 28352 Typeset in Palatino Second Printing:January 1998 Third Printing:August 2002 To Emily Abbott Nordfeldtwith love and gratitude Contents The Girl in the Yellow Raincoat The Girl in the Yellow RaincoatFirst LoveWaves 345S White Water6Shore Birds8Poem for Ruth9Secrets10Morning Dreams11Poem for Robert Bly12Your Poem13Frost in August14Class Reunion15The Man Who Had Lost Something16 Fool's Paradise Fool's ParadiseBlood TalkArtist's LivesTransfiguration 21 22 23 25 Not Wisely But Too WellWhen You Came BackDistancesEvening LightOut of SeasonTaking CareIncarnationGeriatricsLong Distances 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 # Once Upon A Time Holding the Dark37Mary's Dream38The Long Field39Letter to S.40Halfway Covenant42Seekers43Holy Family44Out of that Darkness46The New Magi48Eye of a Needle49From Another Angle50Once Upon A Time51Daisies53Leavings54Walter Mitty Goes to New York55Emergency RepairsGoing Down 5658 # Up the Rabbit Hole Up the Rabbit Hole or Oz Remembered61This Day62Echoes of this Place64The Poet's Visit66Yesterday,My Father67Covering the Dead68Good Friday69Carolyn's Poem71Out of Mourning72Before Forty74After76

FAQs

What is the title and authorship of the poetry collection?

The collection is titled "The Girl in the Yellow Raincoat" and the poems are by Anthony S. Abbott.

What information is included in the front matter besides the poems?

The front matter provides acknowledgments to multiple journals and presses, copyright and typesetting details, and printing information.

How is the content organized for readers?

A detailed table of contents lists the individual poems in sequence, including grouped sections such as "Once Upon A Time" and "Up the Rabbit Hole."

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