In this Book
- Common Sense
- Book
- 2016
- Published by: Wesleyan University Press
- Series: Wesleyan Poetry Program
summary
First published in 1979, Common Sense evinces a spare street-wise style rooted in the vernacular of the city. Now something of a cult classic, the book is recognized as an understated masterpiece, pushing at the edges of spoken word. This is the language of everyday, brought onto the page in such a way that we never lose the flow of speech and at the same time we become attuned to its many registers—musical, emotional, ironic. Ted Greenwald's work has been associated with several major veins of American poetry, including the Language movement and the New York School, but it remains unclassifiable. An online reader's companion will be available at tedgreenwald.site.wesleyan.edu.
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- Fog Rolled In
- p. 15
- Airy Rushes Punch
- p. 20
- For Ted, On Election Day
- pp. 23-25
- And, Hinges
- pp. 26-27
- Note To A Dumb Friend
- pp. 29-30
- The/Skeleton
- p. 31
- Pore Suspension
- p. 32
- Radio Crop
- p. 45
- Dew, Discrepancy
- pp. 46-47
- I Hear A Step
- pp. 49-50
- Fat Lines, Turn
- p. 51
- I Forgot To Remember
- pp. 55-56
- Common Sense
- p. 60
- We Pass Slowly
- p. 63
- Elegance And Umbrellas
- pp. 65-67
- Making A Living
- pp. 71-73
- A Man Was On A Hill
- p. 75
- Mister Tree's Manual
- pp. 76-77
- Standard Air
- pp. 80-82
- Prime Meat Clouds
- p. 83
- Happy/Dolphin
- p. 86
- Come In And Look
- p. 87
- Snatches Of Music
- p. 89
- This Is The Right
- p. 90
- Other Vase
- p. 96
- Human Events
- p. 99
- Always/Surprised
- p. 100
- She Looked
- p. 102
- Saturday Night
- p. 103
- The Piano Shivers
- p. 108
- Getting Through
- pp. 109-110
- Germ Warfare
- p. 111
- Strange/Dreams
- p. 112
- Blazing Down Sun
- p. 113
- Superfluity
- p. 119
- Backscratch
- p. 121
- Food Cycle
- p. 126
- Such A Long Time
- p. 127
- Clean Glass Poems
- pp. 136-147
- The Mutt's Laser
- pp. 149-151
- Modern Times
- p. 180
- Ninth Street
- pp. 181-182
- The Words Drone On
- pp. 183-184
- Quiet Dampness
- p. 185
- What Were His Last Words
- p. 187
- You're Welcome
- p. 188
- Sitting Around
- p. 189
- Off The Hook
- p. 190
- The Book I Toss
- p. 192
- Seated On The Back
- p. 193
- Poems/Pile Up
- p. 194
- Last Five Minutes
- pp. 195-196
- Acknowledgments
- p. 197
Additional Information
ISBN
9780819576439
Related ISBN(s)
9780819576422
MARC Record
OCLC
936448110
Pages
202
Launched on MUSE
2016-02-12
Language
English
Open Access
No