Set in the drought-plagued landscape of Central Texas, "Ascension" is a collection of lyric poems that chronicles life in and around Llano, Texas (population 3,033). Brownlee s poems meditate on the inescapability of place. Organ Solo with Oblivion and Gar Skittish fish lay eggs in this shallow stone cleft of an algae chorus. Turn my soul into song, if you can, River Lord. Treat believing the same as each minnow slipping coin-like into deep murk. Your spirit mimics me unblinking, fishbone face framing brackish absence, saying,...
Set in the drought-plagued landscape of Central Texas, "Ascension" is a collection of lyric poems that chronicles life in and around Llano, Texas (pop...