Of Whiskey & Winter

by Conners, Peter

• ISBN13: 9781893996892
• ISBN10: 1893996891
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-01
• Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist

Summary

Rollicking poems that have the power to challenge, illuminate, and praise the illusiveness of the world.

Table of Contents

The Babies of Winter	p. 23
Untitled	p. 24
The Rebellion of Fingers	p. 25
Endurance	p. 26
Some Fortress of Solitude	p. 27
Snowbirds	p. 28
All for This	p. 29
The Names of Winter	p. 30
Valentine	p. 31
Cat Days	p. 32
Certified Alive	p. 33
Weak Punch	p. 34
The Poet Washes Dishes	p. 35
Garbage of the Glittering Sun	p. 39
Kingdom of Worms	p. 40
Instructions for a Rainy Day	p. 41
Feast of the Wounded Bird	p. 42
Formula for Frustration	p. 43
American Prose Poet	p. 44
Twenty-six Days of Sun	p. 45
A Girl	p. 46
A Man Learns to Fly	p. 47
My Cat Recites a Poem	p. 48
Kingdom of the Silver Hairbrush	p. 49
Waiting on a Friend	p. 53
The Wonderment We Bypassed	p. 54
A Letter to My Love	p. 55
Temple of June Bugs	p. 56
Checking on Whitman	p. 57
Puberty (Our Arms & Legs Emerge)	p. 58
Beach Head	p. 59
The Dog Goes Bow-wow	p. 60
Peter Means Rock	p. 61
Chromo Boy	p. 62
What Will You Do for Me?	p. 63
The Great Undertoad of Cape Cod	p. 64
Dog Days	p. 65
But Not Today	p. 69
The Thing Behind the Other Thing	p. 70
Huey	p. 72
In the Barn	p. 73
Nature Walk	p. 74
Beyond the Dream	p. 75
Max	p. 76
Gathering	p. 77
Dropping	p. 78
Diagnosis	p. 79
Rejoice	p. 80
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