Flip Days

Title Page, Copyright, Acknowledgements

Flip Days This page intentionally left blank. Flip Days poems by Lawrence Bridges Red Hen Press | Los Angeles, CA Flip Days Copyright © 2009 by Lawrence Bridges All rights reserved No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the prior written permission of both the publisher and the copyright owner. Book layout by Sydney Nichols Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bridges, Lawrence. Flip days : poems / by Lawrence Bridges.—1st ed. p. cm. ISBN 978-1-59709-466-5 I.Title. PS3602.R5313957F55 2009 811’.6—dc22 2009036093 The Annenberg Foundation, the James Irvine Foundation, the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, and the National Endowment for the Arts partially support Red Hen Press. First Edition Published by Red Hen Press Los Angeles, CA www.redhen.org Acknowledgements Some of these poems have appeared previously in the following publications:Babel Fruit Summer/Autumn 2009 (“And One”),Ecclipse Fall 2007 (“Negative Exuberance”), The Portland Review (“Act I: Establish Mood and Environment”), and Tampa Review (“I Imagined You as a Little Old Man” and “Mail”). I cannot begin to thank Elena Karina Byrne and Gabriel Meyer for their generous help during the many readings of this book, and particular thanks to Kate Gale and Mark Cull for their encouragement and support over the years. This page intentionally left blank. ...