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Tintypes of Treasure
by Thomas Wingate
Category: Mainstream/Classic Literature
Description: Poetry. Powerful vocabulary, rhyme, rhythm; quotable. Much history. Thomas Russell Wingate, historian by profession, capitalist by conviction and temperament, has lived in Salt Lake City since he left California in 1975. He is very married and rejoices in his posterity.
eBook Publisher: Live Oak House,
eBookwise Release Date: January 2006
 
Available eBook Formats: OEBFF Format (IMP) [111 KB]
Words: 17672
Reading time: 50-70 min.
"Tintypes of Treasure, Wingate's second collection, shows a maturing talent, as he recreates other types of art in poetry. He speaks with Robert Burns, Salvador Dalí, and King Solomon; with the world and with the universe. In his memorable "Hell, No!" we hear the voices of the New York Draft Riot of 1863, but the subtext and the intertextuality of 1970 ring aloud that which is not said in words. A real winner."--Books through the Garden Window
[(c) Thomas Russell Wingate Book Two, Poem LII]-- Galacidalacideoxyribonucleic Acid: Homage to Crick and Watson -- {1963}-- Arab riflemen. Molecules. Without her Arab conquerors where would my Spain have been? Molecules. To the viewer (12) of the canvas our Father gives His hand. Molecules. From Heaven's haloed clouds comes down the arm again To raise the fallen Son at His command. -- Molecules. Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, for He is living. Molecules. DNA forever carries God's chief glory on. Molecules. Arab riflemen. Through Him the past keeps living. DNA forever carries God's chief glory on. -- (12) Gala, Dalí's wofe amd femme inspiratrice. Their names are in the painting's title. -- [1971]
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