The devil's cookbook : poems / Sue Owen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Owen, Sue, 1942-

Language:

English

Physical Description:

61 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2007]

Summary:

This collection of poems is structured as a playful cookbook full of poems masquerading as recipes. Owen's wit and sharp vocabulary of spices transform hell into a fiery kitchen. The "recipes" are arranged into quirky quatrains and call for ingredients such as devils, pitchforks, local Louisiana mosquitoes, swamps, mockingbirds, and shooting stars. Owen provides plenty of heat in these fascinating poems to remind us of the pain and evil in our contemporary lives, such as the fear of global warming and terrorism. The dark, gothic sense of humor for which Owen has become known shines through once again.

Contents:

That Snowball in Hell 3

The Devil's Wildest Dreams 4

T Is for Terror 5

The Weed Doesn't Care 6

Accusing the Mosquito 7

Out of the Frying Pan 8

The Lips of a Wound 9

Even the Shooting Stars 10

Calling the Kettle Black 13

Blood Work 14

The Devil May Care 15

Cypress Knees 16

The Idea of Nothing 17

Now the Exclamation Mark 18

The Root of All Evil 19

Earthworm Crawls 20

From Bad to Worse 21

The Tea Kettle Talks 22

Recipes for Disaster 25

Spanish Moss 26

Scarred for Life 27

My Swamp Poem 28

The Devil in the Details 29

Until Hell Freezes Over 31

The Woman in the Moon 32

Asking the Fire Ants 33

If the Other Shoe Drops 34

The Watched Pot 37

Termite Trouble 38

Getting to the Point 39

This Is the Cosmos 40

Here at Death's Door 41

My Alligator Poem 42

The Devil's Footprint 43

Old Gumbo Recipe 44

Bittersweet 45

Dead Man Floats 46

The Philosophy of Pitchforks 47

Last Nail in the Coffin 51

A Pinch of Salt 52

The Sermon of Ash 53

No Stone Unturned 54

Your Goose Is Cooked 55

Angel Weather Vane 56

Blind the Sun 57

That Bat out of Hell 58

If You Wish on Them 59

Mockingbird 60

How the Devil Broods 61.

ISBN:

9780807132203

0807132209

OCLC:

76836087