Includes bibliographical references (pages 102-103).
Contents:
Origin of drowning or Crossing the Rio Bravo -- Immigration interview with Don Francisco -- Esparto, California -- El Frutero -- Chronology of undocumented mothers -- Wetback -- Dear Ramon -- Century of good metal with three prayers -- Sugar -- Rituals of healing -- Fifteen elegies -- Immigration interview with Jay Leno -- Origin of birds -- What you can know is what you have made -- Origin of prayer and Eden -- Musical in which you and I play all the roles -- Essay on synonyms for tender and a confession -- Dulce -- Bi-glyph -- Azul nocturno: Act 1 scene 1 -- Drown -- Your sweetheart, your scientific theory -- First gesture in reverse -- Gesture and pursuit -- Miss Lonelyhearts -- Nuclear fictions -- Sub-erotica papers -- First wedding dance -- Pulling the moon -- How to grow the brightest geranium -- Origin of theft -- Love poem: a nocturne -- Gesture with both hands tied -- You must sing to be found; when found, you must sing -- Rima: notes and observations -- Origin of glass.
Summary:
"A new edition of American contemporary poetry"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
A. Poulin, Jr. new poets of America series ; no. 40
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