The third collection of deadpan absurdist poetry by a Certified Journeyman Farrier from Montana.
List of contents
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I
I¿M COMING OVER TO SEE YOU; BLUEBIRDS; THE BAD CLOWN; THE SORENSEN EFFECT; WHEN IT¿S TIME; TODAY, FOR EXAMPLE; I WAS THINKING; NIGHT VISIT; THIS I BELIEVE; HONESTLY; HE QUICKLY TOLD HIS LIFE STORY; VOTED BEST LEGS, CLASS OF ¿88; IT IS OCTOBER; POEM WITH CRAB PUFF; AT PRETZEL HUT; BUBBLES CAME FROM THEIR NOSES; IN THE ROAD; BEAR PHOTO; THE PLANE; POEM (A book about a monk whö); IT; AT THE ACUPUNCTURIST¿S
II
(Boss paused, said, ¿the ruthlessness¿); (Crystal learned to perform¿); (Fat? Maybe.); (He said she was like a gorge to him.); (It turns out God does play dice, poor¿); (She cracked open the back door¿); (The warehouse was full of heads.); (They called him The Parvenu. Still¿); (When I look at the box of Twinkies¿); (You say you see me as ¿propped up¿¿); (Couvade Makes a Comeback Amongst¿); (Large sign at edge of town reads¿); (An old British bicycle the color of¿); (The innervated spatula, it¿); (The suicidal pea hen stepped¿); (I never tire of the inanities¿); (A chilled aperitif slides toward me quickly¿); (A miniature dachshund named Herbert walks¿); (A note about pretzels fills this space.); (More indeclinable adjectives, and a rhapsode¿)
III
YARD WORK; THE MOTORIST; GAMES IN THE SAND; LEMON ICE CREAM; ANOTHER BANNER; NOTES TO SELF; PEACE; WINDSOR; CHRISTMAS; A POSITION TO WITNESS; ADVICE FOR THE POET; HUMANS; POEM (the nitwit danced with¿); DIANA; AFTER A TERRIFYING NAP; WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM POETRY?; THE NEIGHBOR; A BOLD COAT OF VODKA BON BONS; UPON OUR RETURN; HELLO; THE MAN; CITY AT NIGHT
About the author
Michael Earl Craig is the author of three collections of poetry: Thin Kimono (Wave Books, 2010), Yes, Master (Fence Books, 2006) and Can You Relax in My House (2002, Fence Books). He received a BA in English Literature from the University of Montana, and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Massachusetts. His poems have been published in various print and online journals, including Provincetown Arts, The Iowa Review, The Believer, HoboEye, Octopus, Fence, jubilat, and Denver Quarterly, as well as anthologized in Isn’t It Romantic: 100 Love Poems (Verse Press, 2004) and Poems About Horses (Everyman’s Library Pocket Series, 2009). He lives in Livingston, Montana, where is a Certified Journeyman Farrier, and shoes horses for a living.
Summary
The third collection of deadpan absurdist poetry by a Certified Journeyman Farrier from Montana.
