Vanishing acts / poems by Brian Barker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barker, Brian, 1973- author.

Series:

Crab Orchard award series in poetry

Crab Orchard series in poetry

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

vi, 60 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press : Crab Orchard Review, [2019]

Summary:

"In "Vanishing Acts" the poems straddle the comic and the tragic. They are by turns funny and haunting and ripe with scathing satire. They draw on the genres of the speculative and science fiction as much as our poetic traditions and speak to the precarious state of man and the natural world in the twenty-first century"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1

Science Fair p. 3

Uncle Z's Toupee p. 4

Strong Man p. 5

Evel Knievel p. 6

Elephant p. 7

The Land Agent p. 8

In the Valley of Plenty p. 9

Vanishing Act p. 10

Rural Electrification p. 11

Symbiosis p. 12

2 Re-Creation Myths

Sea Anemones p. 15

Hippopotamuses p. 16

Bats p. 17

Elk p. 18

Slugs p. 19

Pigs p. 20

Lobsters p. 21

Turkey Vultures p. 22

3

Dream in Which We Eat the World p. 25

The Secrets of Eroticism p. 26

Blizzard p. 27

Experimental Mating Rituals for the Nearly Extinct p. 28

Murder Ballad p. 29

Charon's Pawn Shop p. 30

Night Class at the School of Metaphysics p. 31

Tubas p. 32

Blindfold p. 33

Civil War p. 34

4 Re-Creation Myths

Wolves p. 37

Oxen p. 38

Pelicans p. 39

Cottonmouths p. 40

Daddy Longlegs p. 41

Gila Monsters p. 42

Moths p. 43

Oysters p. 44

5

Owls p. 47

The Book of Orders p. 48

The Heart of a Rabbit p. 49

Black Hole p. 50

Lost in Translation p. 51

A Story of Teeth p. 52

Risk Management p. 53

Afterlife p. 54

The Future of Loneliness p. 55

Field Recording p. 56.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780809337279

0809337274

OCLC:

1035394368