Ka-ching!
By: Denise Duhamel.
Series: Pitt poetry series; Pitt poetry series
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 86
ISBN-13: 9780822960218
Subjects: Poetry, Modern -- 20th century; Money -- United States -- Poetry
Genres: Poetry
Description: "Ka-Ching! is a book of poems that explores America's obsession with money. It also includes a crown of sonnets about e-bay, sestinas on the subjects of Sean Penn and the main characters of fairytales, a pantoum that riffs on a childhood riddle, and a villanelle inspired by bathroom grafitti."--Publisher's description.
Table of contents: title: Play money; title: $100,000 --; title: $200,000 --; title: $300,000 --; title: $400,000 --; title: $500,000 --; title: $600,000 --; title: $700,000 --; title: $800,000 --; title: $900,000 --; title: $1,000,000 --; title: eBay sonnets --; title: Lucky me -- -- Throwing the dice; title: Delta flight 659 --; title: Dinner party horror --; title: Hurricane Katrina --; title: Language police --; title: Repeat --; title: Basically --; title: Dog and a boy --; title: Apple --; title: Stupid vanilla -- -- Small tip; title: "Please don't sit like a frog, sit like a queen" --; title: I dreamed Iwrote this sestina wearing my Maidenform bra --; title: What women know --; title: Girl talk --; title: Cinderella's ghost slipper --; title: Spoon --; title: Perimenopause --; title: Da Vinci poke --; title: No home-wrecker -- -- One-armed bandits; title: Casino --; title: My mother's hair --; title: Moonprint --; title: W --; title: Washing my father's hair --; title: Healing pies --; title: Urban legend --; title: Urban legend inquest --; title: Photo op -- -- Big tip; title: Sipping cafe con leche where the bombs fell --; title: Anagram america --; title: Weapons inspectors' checklist.