Title: The oracle of Hollywood Boulevard /
Authors: Goodyear, Dana.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.,
Year: 2013
Subjects: American poetry; Los Angeles (Calif.) Poetry.
Abstract: The frank, raw lyrics of Dana Goodyear's second collection draw on the scenery of Los Angeles--the teenagers, vagrants, pornographers--and the beautiful decay that serves as an insistent reminder to them all. The poems are unsparing but tender, candid but sly, and open to the force of nature on an individual human life.
Contents: Springtime in Hollywood -- Next -- Wedding month -- Abundance -- Separate people -- The bowerbirds -- Dog whistle -- Kit for civilization -- The disappearance -- Natural disaster -- Wild fire: 1. Dormant -- 2. The witch creek 3. Sundowner -- Freeway -- Daylight savings -- Conception -- Fig -- Objet petii a -- Spider season -- Fishing -- The singing bowl: 1. Hysteric -- 2. Make-believe -- 3. Old wives' tale -- 4. Quickening -- 5. News -- 6. The dreams of pregnant women -- 7. Fairy tale -- 8. Loving the invisible -- 9. Ghost heart -- 10. From life -- Lüsterweibchen -- Pornographer at 84 -- An old misogynist -- Meat eater -- At the dildo factory -- Sympathetic magic -- Mirage -- Spartan -- Wonder -- Paranormal -- Home.