By Word of Mouth: The Poetry of Dennis Cooley

Table of Contents

v Table of Contents Foreword, Neil Besner / vii Biographical Note / viii Introduction By Word of Mouth: An Introduction to Dennis Cooley’s Poetry, Nicole Markotić / ix A Poem for You, Leaving Winnipeg / 1 anaeurysm / 3 “& we are skinbags of heated water dreaming” / 4 in his tangerine skin / 5 the love song of j l krafchenko or the trans canada in (trance crypt / 6 Sonya Orlowsky / 8 Paul sd / 10 Exorcism / 11 I think “ego”; ergo I am / 13 labiarinth / 15 anatomy of love / 16 prairie romance / 17 behind the door / 18 moon musings / 20 holy cow / 24 inner ear / 25 my eye / 26 melodious rhyme / 27 he replies to his critics / 29 breathless / 30 “In Germany cooley is a migrant labourer” / 31 “Wished we had the camera for David” / 32 winnipeg in winter / 33 a series of shocking pre-positions / 34 “mother tongue” / 35 “this on remembrance weekend” / 36 “bodies are” / 37 jack’s dictionary of cunning linguists / 38 blood brothers / 42 red men ace / 43 echolalia / 44 the red /emption of blood / 45 “& not that he’s wrong” / 46 “& a crate of apples could i suppose” / 48 “& listening to night sticky with sweat” / 49 after words, by Dennis Cooley / 51 Selected Cooley Poems: Sources / 59 vi / Contents ...