Title: Bargain with the watchman /
Authors: Salzman, Eva, 1960-
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 1997
Abstract: Bargain with the Watchman is American-born Eva Salzman's second book of poems. Her energy, vitality, and capacity for satire persist in bold, outspoken poetry, often disconcerting, always compelling and controlled. The collection includes a couple of sequences: 'Poor Relations' is both cool and emotional in its dealings with erotic and familial love, and 'Masques' is a subversive look at the Muses.
Contents: Trepanned -- Conditional -- Alex, Tiffany, Meg -- Sexual Love -- Pilgrim -- Night-Flower -- The Lover of Women -- Apocrypha -- Spells -- Tracy Pentecost -- Bargain with the Watchman -- Masque I. Interlude -- Masque II. The Necessary Voyeur -- Masque III. Euterpe the Impostor -- Masque IV. The Male Polyhymnia Turns to Crime -- Masque V. The Hypochondriacal Muse -- Masque VI. Terpsichore in Training -- Masque VII. Mneme as Salesman -- Masque VIII. The Muse of Spleen -- Masque IX. Possible Muses -- Masque X. Terpsichore Twice -- Masque XI. Irish Lover -- Masque XII. An Epic in Me -- Poor Relation: Lucky Strikes -- Poor Relation: Quogue Refuge -- Poor Relation: Boreal Owl -- Poor Relation: Natural Habitats -- Poor Relation: Double Crossing -- Poor Relation: Grandmother -- Poor Relation: Painting by Numbers -- Poor Relation: Anschluss -- Poor Relation: Memorable -- Poor Relation: Poor Relations -- Poor Relation: Homesteading -- Poor Relation: Christmas at the In-Laws -- Poor Relation: Case History -- Poor Relation: Whiteout -- Poor Relation: Grief -- Poor Relation: Ursi's Arcadia.