| Description |
ix, 85 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Contents |
The voice at 3 A.M. -- Speck-sized screaming head -- The soul has many brides -- The history of costumes -- Medieval miniature -- Private eye -- The common insects of North America -- De occulta philosophia -- Live at Club Revolution -- Mother tongue -- Non-stop war with bugs -- Midnight freight -- Barber college shave -- The street of martyrs -- Poor little devil -- Streets paved with gold -- The gang of mirrors -- St. George and the dragon -- The famous no-shows -- Bug doctor -- My friend someone -- Taking a breather -- El libro de la sexualidad -- Arriving celebrities -- Modern sorcery -- Big-time wrestling -- Ship of fools -- Mummy's curse -- The return of the invisible man -- Dream broker -- Odd sympathies -- Amour fou -- In the street -- Past the animal hospital -- Filthy landscape -- Love poem -- Prison guards silhouetted against the sky -- The blizzard of love -- The once-over -- Jackstraws -- Beauty parlor -- My little utopia -- School for visionaries -- Ambiguity's wedding -- On a lack of respect paid to the ceiling -- Vacant rooms -- The invisibles -- Insomniacs' debating society -- Ancient divinities -- Empty picture frame -- Midsummer feast -- Obscurely occupied -- House of horrors -- To the one upstairs -- Head of a doll -- On the meadow -- Empty rocking chair -- Three photographs -- The mouse in the radio -- The toy -- Talking to the ceiling -- Mystic life. |
| Summary |
Charles Simic's new collection of sixty-two poems continues to startle. Whether he is writing of wild flowers "Drunk with kissing/The red hot summer breezes"; or of God, that "Boss of all bosses of the universe/Mr. Know-it-all, wheeler-dealer, wire puller"; or of rain drops "Which take turns listening/To each other fall intermittently/As they go around collecting memories," Simic creates powerful, fresh images that are at once slangy and lyrical, irreverent and God-fearing, foreign and all-American, humorous and full of heartache. |
| Subject |
American poetry -- 20th century.
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American poetry. (OCoLC)fst00807348
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Added Author |
Poets Laureate Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
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| Added Title |
Poems. Selections
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Simic, Charles, 1938- Jackstraws. New York : Harcourt Brace, ©1999 (OCoLC)607119573 |
| ISBN |
0151004226 |
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9780151004225 |
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