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The University of Akron Press
- Fat Jersey Blues
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: The University of Akron Press
- Series: Akron Series in Poetry
summary
I know I'm holding a good book in my hand when I use the other to call my friends and read poems to them. How generous John Repp is! He zooms in on the moment, but he's always glancing at everything that surrounds it. His funny poems have dark hearts, just as the sad ones are clearly written by someone capable of belly-shaking laughter. They tell wonderful stories, yet they contain chewy little nuggets that are often indifferent and even hostile to story. I've said elsewhere that a poem either writes you a check or sends you a bill, and Fat Jersey Blues writes me checks faster than I can cash them. Oh, and these poems make me do something else that the good ones always do: when I hung up after reading "Bob Johnson" or "The Maltese Falcon" or "Balcony" to a friend, I sat down to write myself. -David Kirby, author of The Biscuit Joint
Table of Contents
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- Fact-Checking
- p. 4
- Another Bourbon Poem
- p. 10
- Krishnamurti
- p. 19
- Nothing Happened
- pp. 24-25
- Bob Johnson
- p. 27
- What Happens to the Circus
- pp. 28-29
- Monotony (or “Another Chekhov Poem”)
- pp. 32-33
- The Maltese Falcon
- pp. 34-35
- Mayakovsky
- pp. 36-37
- The Totossian Poem
- pp. 38-39
- The Bridge Over Blackwater Creek
- pp. 41-42
- Final Food
- p. 43
- The Ocean City Poem
- pp. 44-45
- Another Life-Goes-On Poem
- pp. 46-48
- Another Spanish Moss Poem
- pp. 49-50
- Everywhere At Once
- pp. 51-53
- The Mistake
- p. 59
- Another Mistake
- pp. 60-61
- Down Teaburner Road
- p. 62
- Bats & Balls
- p. 63
- Another “Taps” Poem
- pp. 64-65
- Schoolhouse Door
- pp. 66-67
- Honorary Jew
- p. 68
- Canoeing the Lagoon
- p. 70
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 74-75
- About the Author
- p. 76
Additional Information
ISBN
9781937378950
Related ISBN(s)
9781937378936
MARC Record
OCLC
878130646
Pages
74
Launched on MUSE
2014-04-24
Language
English
Open Access
No