| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
279 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Come on in! 3 -- Nothing but a scarf 4 -- Literary chitchat 9 -- This machine is a fountain 11 -- 200 years 12 -- Residue 16 -- Coronado Street: 1954 19 -- A vision 20 -- Cut-rate drugstore: 4:30 pagesm. 22 -- You can't tell a turkey by its feathers 24 -- Too early! 26 -- The green Cadillac 28 -- I'm not all-knowing but ... 31 -- In the clubhouse 34 -- A famished orphan sits somewhere in the mind 35 -- Form letter 36 -- First family 38 -- A real thing, a good woman 40 -- A child's bedtime story 42 -- Working out in Hades 43 -- Half-a-goldfish 45 -- Lousy mail 47 -- From the Dept. of English 48 -- And poems have too 49 -- Poets to the rescue 50 -- Red hot mail 53 -- Some personal thoughts 57 -- He's a dog 58 -- Tremor 61 -- My Mexican buddy 63 -- Strangers at the racetrack 65 -- Will you tiptoe through the tulips with me? 67 -- The novel life 70 -- Thanks for your help 72 -- I have continued regardless 74 -- Balloons 77 -- Moving toward the dark 79 -- The real thing 81 -- On the cuff 85 -- Alone again 89 -- Fooling Marie (the poem) 91 -- The copulation blues 94 -- The faithful wife 96 -- Once in a while 102 -- Another high-roller 106 -- The fucking horses 107 -- Hello there! 110 -- The fuck-master 111 -- My personal psychologist 113 -- Jealousy 114 -- Her guy 116 -- Dead poet's wife 117 -- Scrambled legs 119 -- Endless love 121 -- Down and out on the boardwalk 123 -- Sex sister 128 -- To the ladies no longer here 131 -- The nude dancer 133 -- Ma Barker loves me 135 -- Here we go again 139 -- Do you believe that a man can be taught to write? 141 -- Hail and farewell 143 -- Weep 144 -- A note upon modern poesy 147 -- The end of an era 149 -- Paris in the spring 159 -- Alone in this chair 163 -- Talking about the poets 165 -- Was Li Po wrong? 168 -- Operator 170 -- A note from Hades in the mailbox 171 -- On the sunny banks of the university 172 -- Vacation in Greece 174 -- The spill 176 -- The last salamander 179 -- Learning the ropes 180 -- Bombed away 181 -- The swimming pool will be going here 183 -- A bright boy 185 -- My turn 192 -- Skinny-dipping 193 -- A close call 195 -- Like a rock 197 -- The waitress at the yogurt shop 198 -- One out in the minor leagues 201 -- The little girls hissed 206 -- I dreamt 209 -- The old couple next door 211 -- Men without women 213 -- The "Beats" 217 -- Hurry slowly 220 -- Hello and goodbye 222 -- Don't call me, I'll call you 227 -- Taking the 8 count 230 -- Going going gone 232 -- This is where they come for what's left of your soul 235 -- Hot night 236 -- The x-bum 238 -- Something cares 240 -- My cats 242 -- 6:30 a.m. 244 -- What I need 245 -- Gender benders 246 -- After many nights 248 -- Good morning, how are you? 250 -- A reader of my work 251 -- Sumatra Cum Laude 253 -- The disease of existence 255 -- Another comeback 257 -- Two nights before my 72nd birthday 258 -- Have we come to this? 260 -- Old poem 262 -- Older 266 -- Closing time 268 -- No leaders, please 270 -- Everything hurts 271 -- Husk 273 -- My song 274 -- Cancer 275 -- Blue 276 -- Twilight musings 277 -- Mind and heart 278. |
| Summary |
Presents 123 previously unpublished poems from one of America's most influential and important poets. |
| 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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| Genre/Form |
Poetry.
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Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01423828
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| Added Author |
Martin, John, 1930-
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| ISBN |
0060577053 (alk. paper) |
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9780060577056 (alk. paper) |
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