Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

by Eaton, Charles Edward

• ISBN13: 9780845348833
• ISBN10: 0845348833
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: Cornwall Books

Summary

In his sixteenth collection of poetry, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Charles Edward Eaton employs his talents in a new role -- that of humorist and keen observer of life's predicaments and difficult choices.

In the title poem of his first selection, he puts the reader into the mood of compassionate humor with his portrait of "Mr. Meek" who cuts out paper dolls for feminine companionship. "Goliath" is present as contrasting oaf, as well as the broken lives in "Potted Palm" who have ambitions to be royal."

Table of Contents

Part I. Mr. Meek
Mr. Meek	17	(1)
Trial Runs	18	(1)
Casaba	19	(1)
Goliath as Last Seen	20	(1)
Potted Palm	21	(1)
Split Decisions	22	(1)
Hallucination of the Lost Necklace	23	(1)
Dr. Jekyll's Music Lesson	24	(1)
The Blue Truck	25	(1)
The Brain Trust	26	(1)
The Dream Mattress	27	(1)
Man About Town	28	(3)
Part II. The Love Stream
The Man in the Caftan	31	(1)
Fish Tale	32	(1)
Silk	33	(1)
The Chastity Belt	34	(1)
The Feet on the Bathroom Floor	35	(1)
Kiss in the Dark	36	(1)
One to Watch	37	(1)
False Eyelashes	38	(1)
The Secret History of the Hairbrush	39	(1)
Handcuffs	40	(1)
Or The World Well Lost	41	(4)
Part III. The Black Humorist
Rebus	45	(1)
Fluoroscope	46	(1)
The Hairpiece	47	(1)
Viewpoint of the Plastic Surgeon	48	(1)
The Strawberry	49	(1)
The Wrestlers	50	(1)
Dowager's Hump	51	(1)
The Reducing Machine	52	(1)
The Lung	53	(4)
Part IV. Maverick Menagerie
The Llama	57	(1)
Paper Tiger	58	(1)
The Ugly Duckling	59	(1)
Water Spider	60	(1)
The Turtle	61	(1)
Toad	62	(1)
The Lion	63	(1)
The Faun	64	(1)
Basilisk	65	(1)
Seals	66	(1)
Hippodrome	67	(1)
Rooster	68	(3)
Part V. Against The Grain
Against the Grain	71	(2)
Barrage	73	(1)
The Department Store	74	(2)
The Stork	76	(1)
The Woman Who Could Sit on Her Hair	77	(1)
The Orphan	78	(1)
The Spoiled Child	79	(1)
The Blue Policeman	80	(1)
The Infante of Images	81	(1)
The Vandal	82	(1)
From the Files of the Escape Artist	83	(4)
Part VI. The Man Who Worked By The Hour
Master Class	87	(1)
The Man Who Worked by the Hour	88	(1)
The Magician	89	(1)
Leaning Tower	90	(1)
Whirling Dervish	91	(1)
Lilies for Lot's Wife	92	(1)
Fresh Cut in the Coconut	93	(1)
Bookworm	94	(1)
Placed Objects in an Autumn Light	95	(1)
The Shepherd	96