Smoking Grapevine: Outline and Concordance for Frank Stanford’s _The Battlefield Where The Moon Says I Love You_
The text presented here offers a roadmap to Frank Stanford’s epic poem The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You. Neither the first publication of The Battlefield, nor its reissue, include a table of contents or an index; my notes cover that ground. The third part of my notes alphabetizes allusions from Stanford’s epic, making it a catalogue of American history and a look into Stanford’s history, experience, and copious imagination.
These notes are meant to help you read The Battlefield Where The Moon Says I Love You; however, they have not yet been fully edited. They’re just my personal notes from my own close reading of the poem. They may be updated in the future; check back if you like.
The notes consist of three parts —
1.) Outline
2.) Expanded outline
3.) Concordance — alphabetized list of people, places, and things
The list concludes with crude translations of all lines from the poem that are not originally in English.
I hope these notes help you through your own journey of, arguably, the greatest American contemporary epic poem.
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Relatable Links:
Frank Stanford’s Lament and Some of His Biography with James McWilliams
Conversation About The Battlefield Where The Moon Says I Love You Pt. 1
Conversation About The Battlefield Where The Moon Says I Love You Pt. 2
Frank Stanford’s The Battle Field Where The Moon Says I Love You Pt. 1
Frank Stanford’s The Battle Field Where The Moon Says I Love You Pt. 2
Frank Stanford: In His Own Words
Frank Stanford: In Leenus Orth’s Words
The Art Of Imitation In Poetry Between Pablo Neruda & Frank Stanford
Frank Stanford Chapbook Assignment
