Amplified Dog

Charles Harper Webb

Publication Year: 2006

Charles Harper Webb’s eccentric and distinct writing style makes this collection of poetry a funny and charmingly memorable read. A melting pot of pop culture, historical references, and everyday life, Webb’s poems are refreshingly candid and straightforward.

Published by: Red Hen Press

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E-ISBN-13: 9781597094146
Print-ISBN-13: 9781597090223
Print-ISBN-10: 1597090220

Page Count: 96
Publication Year: 2006

Edition: First

Amplified Dog

Title Page, Copyright, Acknowledgments, Dedication

Contents

Amplified Dog

Part I

Ooh My Soul

I Never Had an Imaginary Friend

My Wife Insists that, on our First Date, I Told Her I Had Seven Kinds of Hair

The New World Book of Webbs

Cat Possessed by Poet Keats

Sperm Counts Are Falling

Pumpkin-Envy

I Never Promised You a Worm Farm

Kissing

Prayer to Tear the Sperm-Dam Down

Cyclops

My Son Is Called “Developmentally Delayed”

Consider How The Toilet Overflows

Plato Didn’t Feel Like a Great Philosopher

Tear-Stained Confetti

The Animals Are Leaving

Part II

How You Know You’re Not a Spiritual Master

Daddy’s Disease

In Unromantic Times

Two Heroes

Surrender

Reservations Confirmed

Sad Bus

Lost Bobbers

Erik Discovers, Among Other Things, His Hands

Librarian’s Son

Heat Wave

King Solomon’s Hit Man

Post-Modern Life

English

Taming my Excesses

Car Starting Late at Night

Part III

The Open-Air Recital Survived a Shaky Start

Bat Boy Joins Up

A Meal Not Eaten

Brain Damage

Mysteries

Landscapes

A Grand Opening of Hearts

Amateurs

Hummingbirds

Does Time Really Exist?

Seducing Sleep

Scuba Heaven

Taking Out Trash

How to Live

The End

In the Beginning Was the Word

Research Areas

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