What is this thing called love /
Addonizio, Kim,1954-
New York ; London : W.W. Norton,
c2004.
From the Publisher: A new collection of poetry from the author of Tell Me, a finalist for the National Book Award. From lilting lines about a love that "dizzies up the brain's back room" to haunting fragments betokening death and decline in a suffering world, Kim Addonizio articulates the ways that our connections-to the world, to self, and to others-endure and help make us whole.
One: -- First kiss -- Stolen moments -- Blues for Dante Alighieri -- What was -- So what -- 31-year-old lover -- Muse -- You don't know what love is -- Blues for Roberto -- Ever after: a paradelle -- Sonnenizio on a line from Drayton -- Ex-boyfriends -- Dance -- Two: -- Death poem -- Scary movies -- Dead girls -- Echo and narcissus -- Eating together -- Cat poem -- Noir -- February 14 -- Then I woke up -- In dreams -- Work -- Fever blues -- Washing -- Three: -- It -- Knowledge -- California street -- Way of the world -- Dear sir or madam -- One nation under God -- Chicken -- Missing boy blues -- Human nature -- Four: -- Lush life -- Bad girl -- Round midnight -- South of the border -- Body and soul -- Blues for Robert Johnson -- This poem wants to be a rock and roll song so bad -- Bugdom -- This poem is in recovery -- Five: -- Dear reader -- On knocking over my glass while reading Sharon Olds -- Fuck -- Augury -- Proverbial -- Ceiling -- Conversation -- Romance -- Miniatures -- Kisses.
From the Publisher: A new collection of poetry from the author of Tell Me, a finalist for the National Book Award. From lilting lines about a love that "dizzies up the brain's back room" to haunting fragments betokening death and decline in a suffering world, Kim Addonizio articulates the ways that our connections-to the world, to self, and to others-endure and help make us whole.
Poetry