Poems for Infidels

Title Page, Copyright, Dedication, Acknowledgments

Poems for Infidels 1 GAIL WRONSKY Red Hen Press Los Angeles Poems for Infidels Copyright © 2005 by Gail Wronsky ALL RIGHTS RESERVED No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatever without the prior written permission of both the publisher and the copyright owner. Cover art: Ellina Kevorkian Author photo: Gary Goldstein Book design by Michael Vukadinovich Cover Design by Mark E. Cull ISBN 1-59709-001-8 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 2004097832 Published by Red Hen Press The City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, California Arts Council and the Los Angeles County Arts Commission partially support Red Hen Press. First Edition For Chuck and Marlena Acknowledgments Grateful acknowledgment is made to the editors of the following journals in which these poems have appeared: “Elegy from a Nightingale’s Point of View,” “My Childhood As If It Had Taken Place,” “de Criminal,” “de Grotesco,” “de Muse” in 88: A Journal of Contemporary Poetry; “Tango of Fear” in Pool; “Beginning Tango” and “Cirque du Liz and Dick” in Runes; “Infidelity” in Mare Nostrum; “Dance of Re-memberment,” “Tiger-Kitten,” “Ardent Departure,” and “Blue Aura” in Hunger Mountain. “O Alive Who Are Dead” appeared in Poets Against The War (Nation Books). “Useless Claims of Love” and “Our Remarkable Lyricism” in The Drunken Boat. The author wishes to thank the following organizations for their support: Poets & Writers; El Segundo Encuentro Internacional de Escritoras; El Centro Cultural Bernardino Rivadavia (Rosario, Argentina); Poetry Society of America; and Loyola Marymount University Research Committee. ...