The intentions of thunder : new and selected poems / Patricia Smith.
"The Intentions of Thunder gathers, for the first time, the essential work from across Patricia Smith's decorated career. Here, Smith's poems, affixed with her remarkable gift of insight, present a rapturous ode to life. With careful yet vaulting movement, these poems traverse the redeeming landscape of pain, confront the frightening revelations of history, and disclose the joyous possibilities of the future. The result is a profound testament to the necessity of poetry -- all the careful witness, embodied experience, and bristling pleasure that it bestows. Lyrical and sly, meditative and volcanic, Patricia Smith's poems are testimonials of American experience, from the bus north to Chicago during the Great Migration to the funeral of Emmett Till, from the waiting rooms of Boston's prisons to New Orleans's Ninth Ward during Hurricane Katrina. Few poets have so fearlessly confronted our nation as it truly is, with all its dreams and nightmares. The Intentions of Thunder reaffirms Smith's reputation as a sorceress of form and one of the indispensable poets of our time" -- Jacket flap.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781668055724
- ISBN: 1668055724
- Physical Description: xi, 337 pages : portraits ; 23 cm
- Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2025.
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Life according to Motown, 1991. What it's like to be a Black girl (for those of you who aren't) -- Medusa -- Your man -- The awakening -- Sweet daddy -- Big towns, big talk, 1992. Annie Pearl Smith discovers moonlight -- Doin' the Louvre -- Biting back -- The architect -- Skinhead -- In the ultimate blues bar -- Olive Oyl talks to People magazine -- Chinese cucumbers -- Close to death, 1993. Edward or Edwin -- Terrell's take on things -- Daddy braids my hair 1962 -- The room with the star -- Undertaker -- A poem for the man who shot my father -- The dark magicians -- In his room. With him gone. -- Spinning 'til you get dizzy -- A found poem -- Reconstruction -- Teahouse of the almighty, 2006. Building Nicole's mama -- Giving birth to soldiers -- The world won't wait -- Listening at the door -- My million fathers, still here past -- How to be a lecherous little old Black man and make lots of money -- Map rappin' -- Scribe -- What you pray toward -- Dream dead daddy walking -- Teahouse of the almighty -- Running for Aretha -- When the burning begins -- Blood dazzler, 2008. Prologue -- and then she owns you -- 5 p.m., Tuesday, August 23, 2005 -- 11 a.m., Wednesday, August 24, 2005 -- 5 p.m., Thursday, August 25, 2005 -- 7 p.m., Thursday, August 25, 2005 -- Man on the TV say -- Won't be but a minute -- 8 a.m., Sunday, August 28, 2005 -- The dawn of Luther B's best day -- 10:30 a.m., Sunday, August 28, 2005 -- Luther B rides out the storm -- What to tweak -- The president flies over -- Tankas -- Ethel's sestina -- 34 -- Buried -- Luther B ascends -- Siblings -- Uncollected, 1990-2010. First time trying to say where my son was -- The blood sonnets -- It creeps back in -- The episode where daddy dies -- but, again, doesn't -- To the woman, not trying to fly, who fell with her legs closed, arms pressed against the front of her body, while primly clutching her purse -- Man, roll the window down! -- Post-racial -- Second time trying to say where my son was -- Shoulda been Jimi Savannah, 2012. How mamas begin sometimes -- Still life with toothpick -- Keep saying heaven and it will -- Fixing on the next star -- Annie Pearl, upward -- Shoulda been Jimi Savannah -- A colored girl will slice you if you talk wrong about Motown -- Tavern. Tavern. Church. Shuttered tavern, -- An all-purpose product -- Because -- To keep from saying dead -- 13 ways of looking at 13 -- Hip-hop ghazal -- Thief of tongues -- Motown crown -- Incendiary art, 2017. That chile Emmett in that casket -- Incendiary art -- Emmett Till : choose your own adventure -- Incendiary art : Birmingham, 1963 -- Emmett Till : choose your own adventure -- Hey, who you got in here? -- Incendiary art : Los Angeles, 1992 -- Black, poured directly into the wound -- Mammy Two-Shoes, rightful owner of Tom, addresses the lady of the house -- Incendiary art : Ferguson, 2014 -- XXXL -- Emmett Till : choose your own adventure -- The five stages of drowning -- When Black men drown their daughters -- Blurred quotient and theory -- Sagas of the accidental saint -- The first 23 minutes of the first day without -- And he stays dead -- Emmett Till : choose your own adventure -- Incendiary art : the body -- Unshuttered, 2023. 263 -- 265 -- 267 -- 269 -- 271 -- 273 -- 275 -- 277 -- 279 -- Unshuttered -- Uncollected, 2010-2024. Double shovel on a line from MLK's "Letter from a Birmingham jail" -- How to find a missing Black woman -- Letter from Walpole -- Nap unleashed -- Pandemics -- Practice standing unleashed and clean -- The price of the end of it -- Salutations in search of -- The storefronts wore their names -- The stuff of astounding -- To little Black girls, risking flower -- What daughters come down to -- 70. 70 -- Scars poetica -- acknowledging.
- Awards Note:
- National Book Award, 2025
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| 505 | 0 | 0. | ‡tLife according to Motown, ‡g1991. ‡tWhat it's like to be a Black girl (for those of you who aren't) -- ‡tMedusa -- ‡tYour man -- ‡tThe awakening -- ‡tSweet daddy -- ‡tBig towns, big talk, ‡g1992. ‡tAnnie Pearl Smith discovers moonlight -- ‡tDoin' the Louvre -- ‡tBiting back -- ‡tThe architect -- ‡tSkinhead -- ‡tIn the ultimate blues bar -- ‡tOlive Oyl talks to People magazine -- ‡tChinese cucumbers -- ‡tClose to death, ‡g1993. ‡tEdward or Edwin -- ‡tTerrell's take on things -- ‡tDaddy braids my hair 1962 -- ‡tThe room with the star -- ‡tUndertaker -- ‡tA poem for the man who shot my father -- ‡tThe dark magicians -- ‡tIn his room. With him gone. -- ‡tSpinning 'til you get dizzy -- ‡tA found poem -- ‡tReconstruction -- ‡tTeahouse of the almighty, ‡g2006. ‡tBuilding Nicole's mama -- ‡tGiving birth to soldiers -- ‡tThe world won't wait -- ‡tListening at the door -- ‡tMy million fathers, still here past -- ‡tHow to be a lecherous little old Black man and make lots of money -- ‡tMap rappin' -- ‡tScribe -- ‡tWhat you pray toward -- ‡tDream dead daddy walking -- ‡tTeahouse of the almighty -- ‡tRunning for Aretha -- ‡tWhen the burning begins -- ‡tBlood dazzler, ‡g2008. ‡tPrologue -- and then she owns you -- ‡t5 p.m., Tuesday, August 23, 2005 -- ‡t11 a.m., Wednesday, August 24, 2005 -- ‡t5 p.m., Thursday, August 25, 2005 -- ‡t7 p.m., Thursday, August 25, 2005 -- ‡tMan on the TV say -- ‡tWon't be but a minute -- ‡t8 a.m., Sunday, August 28, 2005 -- ‡tThe dawn of Luther B's best day -- ‡t10:30 a.m., Sunday, August 28, 2005 -- ‡tLuther B rides out the storm -- ‡tWhat to tweak -- ‡tThe president flies over -- ‡tTankas -- ‡tEthel's sestina -- ‡t34 -- ‡tBuried -- ‡tLuther B ascends -- ‡tSiblings -- ‡tUncollected, ‡g1990-2010. ‡tFirst time trying to say where my son was -- ‡tThe blood sonnets -- ‡tIt creeps back in -- ‡tThe episode where daddy dies -- but, again, doesn't -- ‡tTo the woman, not trying to fly, who fell with her legs closed, arms pressed against the front of her body, while primly clutching her purse -- ‡tMan, roll the window down! -- ‡tPost-racial -- ‡tSecond time trying to say where my son was -- ‡tShoulda been Jimi Savannah, ‡g2012. ‡tHow mamas begin sometimes -- ‡tStill life with toothpick -- ‡tKeep saying heaven and it will -- ‡tFixing on the next star -- ‡tAnnie Pearl, upward -- ‡tShoulda been Jimi Savannah -- ‡tA colored girl will slice you if you talk wrong about Motown -- ‡tTavern. Tavern. Church. Shuttered tavern, -- ‡tAn all-purpose product -- ‡tBecause -- ‡tTo keep from saying dead -- ‡t13 ways of looking at 13 -- ‡tHip-hop ghazal -- ‡tThief of tongues -- ‡tMotown crown -- ‡tIncendiary art, ‡g2017. ‡tThat chile Emmett in that casket -- ‡tIncendiary art -- ‡tEmmett Till : choose your own adventure -- ‡tIncendiary art : Birmingham, 1963 -- ‡tEmmett Till : choose your own adventure -- ‡tHey, who you got in here? -- ‡tIncendiary art : Los Angeles, 1992 -- ‡tBlack, poured directly into the wound -- ‡tMammy Two-Shoes, rightful owner of Tom, addresses the lady of the house -- ‡tIncendiary art : Ferguson, 2014 -- ‡tXXXL -- ‡tEmmett Till : choose your own adventure -- ‡tThe five stages of drowning -- ‡tWhen Black men drown their daughters -- ‡tBlurred quotient and theory -- ‡tSagas of the accidental saint -- ‡tThe first 23 minutes of the first day without -- ‡tAnd he stays dead -- ‡tEmmett Till : choose your own adventure -- ‡tIncendiary art : the body -- ‡tUnshuttered, ‡g2023. ‡t263 -- ‡t265 -- ‡t267 -- ‡t269 -- ‡t271 -- ‡t273 -- ‡t275 -- ‡t277 -- ‡t279 -- ‡tUnshuttered -- ‡tUncollected, ‡g2010-2024. ‡tDouble shovel on a line from MLK's "Letter from a Birmingham jail" -- ‡tHow to find a missing Black woman -- ‡tLetter from Walpole -- ‡tNap unleashed -- ‡tPandemics -- ‡tPractice standing unleashed and clean -- ‡tThe price of the end of it -- ‡tSalutations in search of -- ‡tThe storefronts wore their names -- ‡tThe stuff of astounding -- ‡tTo little Black girls, risking flower -- ‡tWhat daughters come down to -- ‡t70. ‡t70 -- ‡tScars poetica -- ‡tacknowledging. |
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