Saint Joe's Passion

by Schraffenberger, J. D.

• ISBN13: 9780979745034
• ISBN10: 0979745039
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-01
• Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist

Summary

In the tradition of Catullus' love poems and John Berryman's Dream Songs, the poems of Saint Joe's Passion recount the lonely lecherous life of Joseph Johnstone-cancer patient, classical music DJ, former voice-talent. The poems swing back and forth from Joe's hospital bed to moments of his past: a past of religion, little league baseball, music, and marital friction. The collection paints the portrait of a man who was never quite able to open himself up to genuine love and intimacy.J. D. Schraffenberger teaches English at Binghamton University and publishes the online journal www.elsewherejournal.org. This is his first book of poems.

Table of Contents

Dedication	p. 1
Smokin Joe	p. 2
Into the Night	p. 3
Cancer	p. 4
School Days	p. 5
Invitation to Dinner	p. 6
Coming Down the Hill	p. 7
Saint Joe Considers the Common Rules of Analysis	p. 8
Saint Joe Considers the Art of Dialing	p. 9
Saint Joe Considers the Horizon on His Daily Walk	p. 10
Little League Daydream	p. 11
Little League Daydream: Last Words	p. 12
Gravity	p. 13
Amore	p. 14
Amore Redux	p. 15
Tears for a Lost Love's Herring	p. 16
Meath of a Lover's Herring	p. 17
Saint Joe Considers the Furnace	p. 18
Saint Joe Considers Smallness of Heart	p. 19
Saint Joe Considers the Footpath	p. 20
Passion	p. 21
BFF	p. 22
Protection	p. 23
Reception	p. 24
How Many at Last?	p. 25
Rival	p. 26
Siesta @ Noon	p. 27
Saint Joe in Praesentia	p. 28
Saint Joe's Bar Sinister	p. 29
Saint Joe Asks Pardon	p. 30
Voyeur	p. 31
Silence	p. 32
Voice Talent	p. 33
Saint Joe Considers the Sprout	p. 34
Saint Joe Tries to Be Half	p. 35
Woundedness	p. 36
Saint Joe's Split	p. 37
Saint Joe Considers Tuberculosis	p. 38
Saint Joe's Counterpart	p. 39
Magnetism	p. 40
Take One	p. 41
Celeste's Ex	p. 42
Braggadocio's Deught	p. 43
Last Things	p. 44
First Things	p. 45
Saint Joe Considers Musak	p. 46
A Minor Tragedy	p. 47
Climacteric	p. 48
Mirabilla: For Mary	p. 49
Tragedy	p. 50
Going Under	p. 51
Mirabilla Redux: For Gail	p. 52
Wanted	p. 53
Radio	p. 54
Radio Redux	p. 55
Shadows	p. 56
Saint Joe and the Pillow Book	p. 57
Saint Joe's Wager of Battel	p. 58
Last Words	p. 59
Saint Joe Considers the Spat	p. 60
Take Two	p. 61
In Wait	p. 62
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