Beneath Stars Long Extinct

Ron Egatz

Publication Year: 2010

The first published collection of poems by Ron Egatz presents a host of narrators describing encounters with characters ranging from washed-up rock musicians to former lovers, airline stowaways to family members. A poet for 25 years to the month of publication of this book, Egatz explores the limits of the lyric narrative poem with subject matter spanning historical events to family snapshots. This collection is a rallying cry for poetry unafraid of being understood, yet not sacrificing lyric quality, music, or emotional depth.

Published by: Red Hen Press

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Title Page, Acknowledgments

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Among the many writers I’ve been fortunate to call my friends, the following individuals have been most supportive of my own writing and generous with their expertise and time: Dick Allen, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Françoise Brodsky, Kurt Brown, Mark Cox, Tom Disch, Stuart Dischell, Stephen Dobyns, Brooks Haxton, Thomas Lux, Dean Parkin, and Kevin Pilkington. The...

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Ron Egatz has worked as a bartender, creative director, forklift operator, guitarist, security guard, college English teacher, cab driver, actor, typesetter, summons server, director of commercials and IT consultant. He now runs Camber Press, Inc. Winner of the Glimmer Train Poetry Open and...

The Closest

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p. 86-86

Section 5. Love and Otherwise

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pp. 87-88

Hazel Address

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p. 89-89

Leavening Agents

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pp. 90-91

Passing

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p. 92-92

After Almost Marrying a Woman With Your Name

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pp. 93-94

Maps of Time

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p. 95-95

Baby

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p. 96-96

Notes Concerning the Universal Truth

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pp. 97-98

Minor Rock Star Confessions

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pp. 99-100

Poopie Head

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Sweet

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Human Papilloma Virus

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pp. 103-104

Strata Marginalia

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Brownian Motion

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pp. 106-108

About the Author

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pp. 109-112

E-ISBN-13: 9781597093507
Print-ISBN-13: 9781597094863
Print-ISBN-10: 1597094862

Page Count: 112
Publication Year: 2010

Edition: First

Beneath Stars Long Extinct

Title Page, Acknowledgments

Contents

Dedication

Epigraph

Section 1. Beneath Stars Long Extinct

Valve Job

First Motor Vehicle Fatality in America

Into First

Airline Stowaways

Exsection, Union Army, 1862

Box of Ash

Half-brothers of the North Atlantic

My Father Rides with George Raft

Section 2. The Longest Party

The One

Telescope Closing

Roadmaps to Work

Tell Them

Requiem for Post-War Happiness

Sergio’s Tribe

Family Dinner, No Truffles

1951

Almost Enough

Anti-Darwinian

After Funerals

Section 3. Goodbyes

Late Again

Choices, 1954

World Without End

Something Happens

Hart, Weldon, John, and Me

Murmurs

Untitled

Guitar Show

Ex-girlfriends’ Friends’ Ex-boyfriends

Chart into Midlife Straits

Temporal Men

Service

Elementary School Librarian

Heartworm and the Space Behind

Section 4. Nine Months

New Love Versus Viral Load

Kissing

In Lieu of Work

In Training

Wedding Date

Rear-ended

True East

Notes for Second Summer

The Closest

Section 5. Love and Otherwise

Hazel Address

Leavening Agents

Passing

After Almost Marrying a Woman With Your Name

Maps of Time

Baby

Notes Concerning the Universal Truth

Minor Rock Star Confessions

Poopie Head

Sweet

Human Papilloma Virus

Strata Marginalia

Brownian Motion

About the Author

Research Areas

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