In The Dark Curfew'd Streets - Long Beach, Long Island in the Aftermath...

Fiction & Literature, Poetry, American
Cover of the book In The Dark Curfew'd Streets - Long Beach, Long Island in the Aftermath... by Helen Morrissey Rizzuto, BookBaby
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Helen Morrissey Rizzuto ISBN: 9781483514727
Publisher: BookBaby Publication: December 4, 2013
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Helen Morrissey Rizzuto
ISBN: 9781483514727
Publisher: BookBaby
Publication: December 4, 2013
Imprint:
Language: English
"On the morning of October 30th, 2012, approximately twelve hours after the worst storm ever to hit the eastern seaboard swept over this barrier beach and claimed the unfathomable, the residents who remained through the harrowing hours of the night, and those who evacuated, understood as one, that home is the most sacred place of all..." Thus begins a paean to both a place and a community that found itself part of the wreckage left behind in the wake of Super-storm Sandy. In The Dark Curfew'd Streets - Long Beach, Long Island in the aftermath... seeks to capture and document the experience that a loving community bravely shared, while mourning the loss of almost everything it had known. The poems follow the trajectory of the storm, taking the reader inside that first evening as the waves, like Neptune's steeds, "rushed the shore... charged our stairwells... hammered down our doors." They move very quickly into the aftershock of the days just after, with the vision of the ghostly inhabitants carrying their irretrievable losses like limp and broken bodies, out to the curb. Months and seasons pass, but they are all one; the only change is the creeping recognition that help is not coming. Midway through the book, a space opens up, one morning offers a thread of hope, and while those who have returned "keep their porch lights lit... sometimes late into day," there is a turning.
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
"On the morning of October 30th, 2012, approximately twelve hours after the worst storm ever to hit the eastern seaboard swept over this barrier beach and claimed the unfathomable, the residents who remained through the harrowing hours of the night, and those who evacuated, understood as one, that home is the most sacred place of all..." Thus begins a paean to both a place and a community that found itself part of the wreckage left behind in the wake of Super-storm Sandy. In The Dark Curfew'd Streets - Long Beach, Long Island in the aftermath... seeks to capture and document the experience that a loving community bravely shared, while mourning the loss of almost everything it had known. The poems follow the trajectory of the storm, taking the reader inside that first evening as the waves, like Neptune's steeds, "rushed the shore... charged our stairwells... hammered down our doors." They move very quickly into the aftershock of the days just after, with the vision of the ghostly inhabitants carrying their irretrievable losses like limp and broken bodies, out to the curb. Months and seasons pass, but they are all one; the only change is the creeping recognition that help is not coming. Midway through the book, a space opens up, one morning offers a thread of hope, and while those who have returned "keep their porch lights lit... sometimes late into day," there is a turning.

More books from BookBaby

Cover of the book The Linobambaki Prophecy by Helen Morrissey Rizzuto
Cover of the book Palatine by Helen Morrissey Rizzuto
Cover of the book The Black Beret by Helen Morrissey Rizzuto
Cover of the book The Two Kinds of Righteousness by Helen Morrissey Rizzuto
Cover of the book Panic Disorder With Agoraphobia by Helen Morrissey Rizzuto
Cover of the book A Wild Rose in Spring by Helen Morrissey Rizzuto
Cover of the book TILT Selling to Today's Buyer by Helen Morrissey Rizzuto
Cover of the book What They Teach You At The Wharton Business School by Helen Morrissey Rizzuto
Cover of the book Secrets of a Successful Relationship Revealed by Helen Morrissey Rizzuto
Cover of the book The Spirit Bundle by Helen Morrissey Rizzuto
Cover of the book Between the Savior and the Sea by Helen Morrissey Rizzuto
Cover of the book Severity Omega - the It Project Crisis Management Handbook by Helen Morrissey Rizzuto
Cover of the book Lemmi Spinoziani by Helen Morrissey Rizzuto
Cover of the book Tracheal intubation using the PENTAX Airway Scope by Helen Morrissey Rizzuto
Cover of the book Black American (Amreekie Aswad) in the Desert Kingdom - Part I by Helen Morrissey Rizzuto
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy