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- After the Fall: Poems Old and New
- Book
- 2007
- Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
- Series: Pitt Poetry Series
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After the Fall refers to the twin towers, and is Field’s ode to the events that transpired thereafter--the war in Iraq andthe attack on civil rights in America--as well as his own personal struggles over the indignities of aging.
Table of Contents
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- What Poetry Is For
- pp. 3-29
- Homeland Security
- pp. 6-7
- Letter on the Brink of War
- pp. 8-10
- Good-bye to Berlin
- pp. 11-13
- My Favorite President
- pp. 14-15
- In Memory of My Foreskin
- pp. 16-17
- Holding Up the Universe
- pp. 18-19
- Oedipus Schmoedipus
- p. 20
- If This Be Jews
- pp. 21-22
- Mission Accomplished
- p. 24
- What Poetry Is For
- pp. 25-27
- Judgment at Nuremberg
- pp. 28-29
- Dead Man Walking
- pp. 31-41
- Dead Man Walking
- p. 33
- When It Struck Him
- p. 35
- Taking My Breath Away
- pp. 36-37
- Mrs. Wallace Stevens
- pp. 38-39
- Prospero, in Retirement
- pp. 40-41
- After the Fall
- pp. 43-52
- After the Fall
- pp. 45-52
- Selected Poems
- p. 53
- from Stand Up, Friend,With Me (1963)
- pp. 55-77
- A View of Jersey
- pp. 62-64
- The Sleeper
- p. 69
- The Charmed Pool
- pp. 71-72
- Ode to Fidel Castro
- pp. 73-77
- from Variety Photoplays (1967)
- pp. 79-111
- Curse of the Cat Woman
- pp. 81-82
- Frankenstein
- pp. 83-84
- The Bride of Frankenstein
- pp. 85-87
- Sweet Gwendolyn and the Countess
- pp. 88-89
- The Life of Joan Crawford
- pp. 96-103
- World War II
- pp. 104-108
- Giant Pacific Octopus
- pp. 109-110
- from A Full Heart (1973)
- pp. 113-123
- Being Jewish
- pp. 117-119
- The Lost, Dancing
- p. 120
- David’s Dream
- pp. 121-122
- from Stars in My Eyes (1978)
- pp. 125-132
- Oh, Brother!
- pp. 137-138
- From Poland
- pp. 139-140
- Poems on a Theme
- pp. 142-145
- Afghanistan
- pp. 146-147
- The Winners and the Losers
- pp. 151-152
- Waiting for the Communists
- pp. 153-154
- Hear, O Israel
- pp. 161-163
- Trop Tard Pour Paris
- p. 164
- The Last Bohemians
- pp. 165-167
- World Traveler
- pp. 168-169
- Rule of the Desert
- pp. 170-171
- Sex Among the Savages
- pp. 172-173
- Colombian Gold
- pp. 181-183
- My Sister, the Queen
- pp. 184-185
- Magic Words
- pp. 186-187
- St. Petersburg, 1918
- p. 190
- The Bukowski Option
- pp. 191-194
- from “A Man and His Penis”
- pp. 195-196
- from “My Life as a Dog”
- p. 197
- Sorry, I Never Slept with Allen Ginsberg
- pp. 198-203
- Acknowledgments
- p. 205
Additional Information
ISBN
9780822990710
Related ISBN(s)
9780822959809
MARC Record
OCLC
835768481
Pages
215
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
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