That Fall

by Genega, Paul

• ISBN13: 9781903392164
• ISBN10: 1903392160
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-01
• Publisher: Salmon Poetry

Summary

This is the fourth collection from this award-winning poet and his second title from the Irish publisher, Salmon. The "fall" of the title is really many falls. It is the season, of course, But also the runway approach of an airplane, the setting of t

Author Biography

Paul Genega teaches at Bloomfield College, New Jersey, where he is currently Chair of the Faculty.

Table of Contents

I
The Abandoned Barn	3	(3)
Tide Line	6	(1)
Neon	7	(1)
The Fathers' Room	8	(1)
Fat Silence	9	(1)
Brooklyn	10	(2)
Roomer	12	(1)
What Then	13	(2)
Change of Seasons	15	(8)
II
In Dark Days	23	(1)
Neighbors	24	(1)
Dreams &	25	(1)
Mangrove	26	(2)
Sailing Away	28	(1)
Smoke	29	(1)
Awful Tender	30	(1)
W Street: 1969	31	(1)
Letter from the Cul-de-sac	32	(2)
She	34	(1)
The Work	35	(2)
As It Happens	37	(2)
Purple Buddha	39	(3)
The Day After	42	(3)
III
Reconsidering the Cat	45	(1)
Lavender Mist	46	(1)
Belle Reve	47	(1)
Renfield's Song	48	(1)
Cassandra	49	(1)
Clytemnestra	50	(1)
Remains	51	(3)
The Monk	54	(1)
Parable	55	(1)
Paradiso Di Pinocchio	56	(1)
Ironclad Aardvark	57	(1)
Mugwumps, VA	58	(1)
The Undertoad	59	(2)
Marie's Barrette	61	(1)
Love Poem	62	(2)
The Secret Life	64	(1)
Are You a Painter?	65	(2)
I Lifted the Lid On the Black Enameled Box	67	(6)
IV
Descent and Sentiment	73	(1)
Memorial to Labor Day	74	(2)
Aliens	76	(2)
The Missing Years	78	(2)
The Courier	80	(3)
Safe Places	83	(1)
The Rainmaker	84	(2)
The Fairy Tale Fathers	86	(2)
Epic	88	(1)
Istanbul	89	(1)
Postcards from Silence	90	(2)
Saint Elvis	92	(1)
The Oyster	93	(2)
The Self-Made Man	95