Birth marks : poems / by Jim Daniels.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Daniels, Jim, 1956-

Series:

American Poets Continuum

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poetry.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (113 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Rochester, NY : BOA Editions, Ltd., 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Daniels' fourteenth collection delves into the streets of Detroit and Pittsburgh as they fight for survival in a post-industrial world.

Contents:

Contents; Poetica No Apologia Arte Kumbaya; 1. MegaEverything; Birth Marks; MegaEverything; I Dreamt I Wrote a Poem About Jazz; The Religious Significance of the Super Ball; Final/Not Final; The Laying on of Hands; Approaching and Passing an Epiphany; The Dark Miracle; Lip Gloss, Belgium; Hit and Run; One Word; On Tears; Making a Case for the Letter; 2. Foundation; Foundation; 3. One Arm Raised; The Geography of Detroit; Company Men; One Arm Raised; Feed Corn; Record Accumulation; Exterior with Quiet; Taking the Leap; Church Reform; Those of Us Without AC; Treaty; 4. Love Poem with Pesticide

Love Poem with PesticideRiding the Bench; My Two Aunts; The Family Price; Good Reception; 45 RPM: Side A/Side B; Recreational Trail; The Worn Knees and Elbows of My Alcoholic Uncles; Watching Another Drug Bust; Boxing Toward the Promised Land; The Gravity of Math; Cosmetic; Listening to "96 Tears" by ? and the Mysterians While Looking Down from My Third-Floor Window at a Kid Crossing the Panther Hollow Bridge; Elegy for the Nasty Neighbor; Souvenir; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Colophon

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-938160-17-7

OCLC:

854971446