Subject Matter

by Wormser, Baron

• ISBN13: 9781889330976
• ISBN10: 1889330973
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-07-01
• Publisher: Sarabande Books

Summary

Each poem in Baron Wormser's sixth collection, Subject Matter, is fourteen lines. In the tradition of works such as Robert Lowell's Notebook, Wormser uses this form to concisely pursue a wide range of topics. The sixty-one poems range in tone from fierce to wry, from tender to brisk, from quizzical to evocative, just as the topics range from tattoos to Buddhism, from truck driving to Israel, from global warming to orgasms. What all the poems share is a willingness to pursue uneasy truths, a willingness to encounter how deeply the public realm touches the private realm. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Anecdotes	p. 3
Global Warming	p. 4
Bankruptcy	p. 5
Israel	p. 6
Genius	p. 7
Anti-Depressant	p. 8
Buddhism	p. 9
Flying	p. 10
Dot Com	p. 11
Children	p. 12
Obscenity	p. 13
Washington	p. 14
Elegies	p. 15
Trucking	p. 16
Anthrax	p. 17
Romance	p. 18
Karma	p. 19
Karma (II)	p. 20
Inspections	p. 21
Orgasm	p. 22
Nations	p. 23
Beats	p. 24
Moving Pictures	p. 25
Tattoo	p. 26
Blurbs	p. 27
Soldier	p. 28
Great Plains	p. 29
Farmhouses, Iowa	p. 30
Farming	p. 31
Los Angeles	p. 32
Poet	p. 33
Guns	p. 34
Journey to the East	p. 35
Mysteries	p. 36
Old Movies	p. 37
Channel 37	p. 38
Indian	p. 39
Christmas	p. 40
Irony	p. 41
Road	p. 42
Clouds	p. 43
Communist	p. 44
Tragedy	p. 45
Blues	p. 46
Restaurant	p. 48
Disasters of War	p. 49
Atlantic City	p. 50
God	p. 51
Commune	p. 52
Vanity	p. 53
Opinion	p. 54
Authors	p. 55
Dictator	p. 56
Blood	p. 57
Graduation	p. 58
Conspiracy	p. 59
Misanthrope	p. 60
Melancholy	p. 61
Haberdasher	p. 62
Suicide	p. 63
Radio	p. 64
Acknowledgments	p. 67
The Author	p. 69
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