Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems
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see it dissolve into shimmering currents,
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| ISBN | 0918526833 |
I.
Furious Versionis
II.
The Interrogation
This Hour And What Is Dead
Arise, Go Down
My Father, In Heaven, Is Reading Out Loud
For A New Citizen Of These United States
With Ruins
III.
This Room And Everything In It
The City...
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"Always, "These gigantic inconceivables."
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A violent...
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Ask for Nothing
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New and Selected Poems, 1975-1995
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