Neighborhood of gray houses : poems / Derek Annis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Annis, Derek, author.

Contributor:

Laura Jan Meyerson Poetry Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

80 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Sandpoint, Idaho : Lost Horse Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Neighborhood of Gray Houses, a debut collection by Derek Annis, is a bitter, joyful, wise addition to the literary conversation. The poems, even those that border on the surreal, have a direct toughness that seems to slow down the moment each poem inhabits, regardless of its dimensions, and make the reader listen to this strong and original new voice. I can confidently predict that none of those who listen will be sorry for having done it. -Christopher Howell"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Compulsory p. 1

Breach p. 3

Foolish Child p. 4

Summer's Passage p. 5

Down on Mother's Farm p. 6

Unconditional p. 7

Breach p. 8

Home Made of Fire p. 9

Celebration in the Room of Broken Light p. 13

Sermon p. 14

At Twenty-Two p. 15

Consumption p. 16

Man for the New Millennium p. 17

The New Prosperity p. 18

Self Portrait as Accident p. 19

Men Attending Ladies' Night at the Dive p. 20

Lazy Sunday p. 22

Intervened Upon p. 24

Still p. 27

Nothing p. 28

Holy Night p. 30

This Time of Year p. 31

We Prepared Well for Your Arrival p. 32

Late Fall p. 34

Sunday Afternoon p. 35

Breaking p. 39

Can See Clearly Now p. 40

Back in the Good Old Days p. 41

Genesis p. 43

After the Rapture p. 44

What I Said to the Man Living in My Bedroom Closet p. 45

On Our Way to the Festival of Worms p. 46

Just Beyond the Trumpet Flowers p. 47

Condition Stable p. 48

Facts about the Train p. 49

Hospitality Mandates for the Modern Host p. 50

From Nothing p. 55

Speaking to the Breeze p. 57

Mass p. 58

Health Insurance for Beginners p. 60

Dr. Doctor p. 62

Shrink p. 63

Light Pierces Surface of Water, Also Shimmers p. 70

The Debt p. 71

Everything Has a Face p. 73

Elegy for Suicidal Ideation p. 75

The Gift p. 77

Stain p. 78

Contentedness p. 79.

Local Notes:

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

ISBN:

9781733340007

1733340009

OCLC:

1145143889

Publisher Number:

99984435059