Brewer, Kenneth W., authorUtah State University Press, publisher2007-01-032007-01-032006http://hdl.handle.net/10217/87898The solid rightness of image after image in Ken Brewer's poetry was never better than in Why Dogs Stopped Flying. His familiar style is plain-spoken, his humor reliable and self-ironic. Yet, in this collection perhaps more than his earlier work, the particularity of the poet's insight into the physical world and the warmth of his affection for it combine to create an unexpected transcendence. Beasts and bodies are transformed in his lines, and our dim, unremarkable lives on this shadowed earth become somehow more luminous-small words to the moon, small suns opening in the dark.Why dogs stopped flying -- Belted galloways -- Broad-tailed hummingbirds -- Brother slug -- Cat -- Chickadee drive-in -- Coyote on a cloud of nitrogen -- Curl -- Dermatophagoides -- Field guide -- Fishing before the frost -- Fox at play -- Goat's milk -- Goldenrod spider -- Great spangled fritillary -- Henslow's sparrow -- Home -- How to train a horse to burn -- Largest living organism on earth -- Learning to draw -- Loons -- Magpie springs -- Martha -- Mourning cloak -- "Now the sun has come to earth" -- Old fences -- Scarlet penstemon -- Sheep -- Solitary vireo -- The courage of frogs -- The dignity of cockroaches -- The many beings -- The silliest debate -- The tarantula hawk.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.American poetryPoetry -- CollectionsTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.