title: The House of Blue Light: Poems (Southern Messenger Poets)
author: Professor David Kirby
description: You feel at home in this book. Travel, family, school, renowned philosophers, as well as more contemporary philosophies of life all make an appearance in poems that speak to an educated American populace and to those aware of a contemporary cultural scene. Kirby lifts the heavy veil of seriousness that poetry often wears, even as he talks about death and other departures. The title poem is a prime example of this as a father's anxiety about his own mortality becomes apparent when his son go off to college. Just as we are at an archetypal death's door, icons of pop culture switch the channel on the author's meditation. As in most of these poems, we end on a happy note, mostly because Kirby digs hierarchies of ancient and modern cultures and seems to cut away a niche for the individuals who live and dream upon them. Highly recommended for high school, college, and public libraries. [Kirby is a longtime LJ reviewer.DEd.]DAnn K. van Buren, Riverdale Country Sch., New Yor.<br /><i>-DAnn K. van Buren, Riverdale Country Sch., New York </i><br />Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  # The Blue Tower
  
  
  ### Evelyn E. Smith
  
  
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  THE
  
  BLUE
  
  TOWER
  
  
  By EVELYN E. SMITH
  
  
  As the vastly advanced guardians of mankind, the Belphins knew how to make a
  lesson stick—but whom?
  
  
  
  
  
  Illustrated by DICK FRANCIS
  
  
  Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Galaxy, February, 1958.
  Extensive research did not reveal any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this
  publication was renewed.
  
  Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note.
  
  
  Ludovick Eversole sat in the golden sunshine outside his house, writing a poem
  as he watched the street flow gently past him. There were very few people on
  it, for he lived in a slow part of town, and those who went in for travel
  generally preferred streets where the pace was quicker.
  
  Moreover, on a sultry 