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- Calamity Joe
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: Red Hen Press
summary
Reality has begun to show its age. Have you noticed? Joe has.
Calamity Joe is the pen name of the mysterious narrator in a new kind of poetry collection. Spending his days in a lab, talking to mice & microbes, he will soon be the last living member of his family. More and more, life seems to hint at its syntax, and Joe feels that he can just make out the page he inhabits. Drastic measures are called for, but for what?
Poet Brendan Constantine hasn’t crafted another novel in verse, but a secret life revealed by poetry. Open it anywhere and be rewarded with poems that stand alone; read it from the beginning and discover the deeper context that ties every image together. As with his previous collections, Constantine employs countless approaches to poetry and no single style dominates. Looking through Joe’s eyes, we understand that life has no single story, that love is not a single feeling, and that consciousness may be an act of sheer will.
Table of Contents
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- Part 1. Once
- pp. 17-18
- The Legend Of Joe
- p. 21
- The Intervention
- pp. 22-23
- Before The Flood
- pp. 24-25
- The Drowned Brother
- pp. 29-30
- The Legend Of Joe
- p. 31
- There they are
- p. 33
- An Animal Hospital
- p. 34
- There they are again
- p. 36
- Give you back
- p. 37
- This is Calamity
- p. 41
- Part 2. Twice
- pp. 43-44
- The Search Party
- p. 45
- The Legend Of Joe
- p. 48
- A Horse Named Death
- p. 49
- Joe Dreams Of The Old Man & The Sea
- pp. 53-54
- The Missing Girl’s Horse
- pp. 55-56
- The Legend Of Joe
- p. 62
- Go gentle,
- p. 68
- I don’t remember why
- p. 72
- Consider the spiders
- p. 73
- The Japanese beetle
- p. 74
- Understand this,
- pp. 75-76
- Part 3. The Charm
- pp. 77-78
- Ship Your Horse
- pp. 79-80
- The Legend Of Joe
- p. 83
- Flight Out of Guest Bedroom
- pp. 89-90
- Retreatise
- p. 91
- The Legend Of Joe
- pp. 92-93
- Joe One More Time
- pp. 94-95
- Section 2. The Calm
- p. 96
- The shape of my name
- p. 97
- Which brings us to God
- p. 100
- How many doors
- p. 101
- Know this:
- p. 104
- The boy has come back,
- p. 106
- Cover your eyes,
- p. 107
- Dies Irae (Day of Wrath)
- pp. 108-111
- About the Author
- p. 112
Additional Information
ISBN
9781597093217
Related ISBN(s)
9781597091763
MARC Record
OCLC
867784124
Pages
112
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No