How to avoid huge ships / Julie Bruck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bruck, Julie, 1957- author.

Contributor:

Laura Jan Meyerson Poetry Fund.

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canadian poetry.

Canadian poetry--21st century.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

84 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London, Ontario : Brick Books, [2018]

Language Note:

Text in English.

Summary:

Poetry. Both "grave and brave, serious and hilarious"--new poems from a Governor General's Award-winning poet. HOW TO AVOID HUGE SHIPS, Julie Bruck's fourth collection of poetry, is a book of arguments and spells against the ambushes of time. Parents grow down, children up, and it's from the uncomfortable in-between that these poems peer into what Philip Larkin describes as "the long slide." But what if we haven't reached the end of the infinite adolescence we thought we'd been promised? We're still here in this world of flying ottomans, alongside a middle-schooler named Dow Jones, and the prehistoric miracle of a blue heron's foot. We may be afraid, but we're still amused--sometimes, even awed. Looking squarely at the way things are, glossing over none of the absurdities and injustices of contemporary life, Julie Bruck pays ardent attention to it all. The touch is light, even when the subject is heavy. One has a steady sense of being trusted to catch and feel the intangible muchness housed in these deceptively direct poems.

Contents:

To the Bridge p. 3

Dominion Protection™ p. 4

By Ninety-Eight p. 5

His Certainty p. 6

3,637 Likes p. 7

Civics p. 8

Last Baby Girls of the 1920s p. 9

Earworm p. 10

In January p. 11

Mission Creek Landing p. 12

Fledgling p. 13

II Killer Shrimp

Smoke p. 17

The Cold p. 19

Charcuterie p. 21

Midsummer p. 22

Dow Jones Starts Middle School p. 24

Full-Length p. 25

Flipped p. 26

Keys Ma e Here p. 28

Killer Shrimp p. 29

Palliative p. 30

Two Fish p. 31

III Report a Problem

When My Mother Tracked Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 p. 35

The Room p. 36

Hello, I Must Be Going p. 37

Your Evening Commute p. 39

Signal Cry p. 40

Bay Laurel p. 42

Report a Problem with This Poem p. 43

Supreme Leader p. 44

Her Mouth p. 45

IV The Long Box

After Lorne p. 49

Mercury Tours p. 50

To Janet in Jersey p. 51

Clutch p. 52

Couple p. 53

Foil p. 54

The Latest Dictator p. 55

Anywhere, Anytime Minutes p. 56

To Bring the Horse Home p. 57

V Tight Situations with Large Ships

Peeling the Wallpaper p. 61

How to Avoid Huge Ships p. 62

Safelight p. 63

Sanctuary p. 64

Local Exchange p. 65

Overslept p. 66

Not p. 67

Bacon, Lettuce, & Tomato p. 68

The Outage p. 69

How I Left You p. 70

VI Small Largesse

My Shame p. 73

The Good Hand p. 74

Size 91/2 AAA p. 75

Family of Origin p. 76

It Gets Old p. 78

Sam Baker p. 79

Let Evening Come p. 80

Subscriber p. 81

Blue Heron, Walking p. 82

Between 18th & 19th p. 83

The Situation p. 84.

Notes:

Poems.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Laura Jan Meyerson Poetry Fund.

Other Format:

Bruck, Julie, 1957-, author. How to avoid huge ships./

Online version: Bruck, Julie, 1957- How to avoid huge ships.

ISBN:

9781771314855

1771314850

OCLC:

1030371042

Publisher Number:

99982223409