Club Icarus

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C L U B I C A R U S Partial Eclipse by Tony Sanders Selected by Richard Howard Delirium by Barbara Hamby Selected by Cynthia Macdonald The Sublime by Jonathan Holden Selected by Yusef Komunyakaa American Crawl by Paul Allen Selected by Sydney Lea Soul Data by Mark Svenvold Selected by Heather McHugh Moving & St rage by Kathy Fagan Selected by T. R. Hummer A Protocol for Touch by Constance Merritt Selected by Eleanor Wilner The Perseids by Karen Holmberg Selected by Sherod Santos The Self as Constellation by Jeanine Hathaway Selected by Madeline DeFrees Bene-Dictions by Rush Rankin Selected by Rosanna Warren PREVIOUS WINNERS OF THE VASSAR MILLER PRIZE IN POETRY Scott Cairns, Founding Editor John Poch, Series Editor Losing and Finding by Karen Fiser Selected by Lynne McMahon The Black Beach by J. T. Barbarese Selected by Andrew Hudgins re-entry by Michael White Selected by Paul Mariani The Next Settlement by Michael Robins Selected by Anne Winters Mister Martini by Richard Carr Selected by Naomi Shihab Nye Ohio Violence by Alison Stine Selected by Eric Pankey Stray Home by Amy M. Clark Selected by Beth Ann Fennelly Circles Where the Head Should Be by Caki Wilkinson Selected by J. D. McClatchy Death of a Ventriloquist by Gibson Fay-LeBlanc Selected by Lisa Russ Spaar C L U B I C A R U S Poems by Matt W. Miller University of North Texas Press, Denton, Texas  Winner, Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry ©2013 Matt W. Miller All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Permissions: University of North Texas Press 1155 Union Circle #311336 Denton, TX 76203-5017 The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, z39.48.1984. Binding materials have been chosen for durability. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Miller, Matt W., 1973– Club Icarus : poems / by Matt W. Miller.—1st ed. p. cm.—(Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry series ; no. 20) 2012 Winner, Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry. ISBN 978-1-57441-504-9 (pbk. : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-1-57441-514-8 (ebook) 1. Fathers and sons—United States—Poetry. 2. Fathers and daughters—United States—Poetry. 3. Caregivers—United States—Poetry. I. Title. II. Series: Vassar Miller prize in poetry series ; no. 20. PS3613.I54525C58 2013 811'.6—dc23 2012036594 Club Icarus is Number 20 in the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry Series for my parents, Frank and Margie for my children, Delaney and Joseph and for ever, Emily “Twice he tried to engrave your fall in gold and twice his hands, a father’s hands, fell useless.” —Virgil, translation by Robert Fagles “Mama always told me not to look into the eyes of the sun. But, Mama, that’s where the fun is.” —Bruce Springsteen ...