All-American Poem
1st ed.
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Author
Contributions
- Tony Hoagland - Introduction
Publication
2008-09-01 - American Poetry Review, Philadelphia, USA, Pennsylvania
Language
English
Word Count
21,250 words, Guess
Page Count
85 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- ISBN-139780977639564
- ISBN-139780977639540
- ISBN-100977639568
- ISBN-100977639541
- LibraryThing8024398
and 6 more
- Goodreads6767820', '3280203
- Library of Congress Control Number2008925017
- OCLC Control Number244286904
- Better World Books9780977639540
- Better World Books9780977639564
- Open LibraryOL23202242M
Classifications
- DDC811/.6
- LCCPS3604.I2988 A78 2008
Description
*All American Poem* plumbs the ecstatic nature of our daily lives. In these unhermetic poems, pop culture and the sacred go hand in hand. As Matthew Dickman said in an interview, he wants the “people from the community that I come from”—a blue-collar neighborhood in Portland, Oregon—to get his poems. “Also, I decided to include anything I wanted in my poems. . . . Pepsi, McDonald’s, the word ‘ass.’” *There is no one to save us because there is no need to be saved. I’ve hurt you. I’ve loved you. I’ve mowed the front yard. When the stranger wearing a sheer white dress covered in a million beads slinks toward me like an over-sexed chandelier suddenly come to life, I take her hand in mine. I spin her out and bring her in. This is the almond grove in the dark slow dance. It is what we should be doing right now. Scraping for joy . . .*
Description
A collection of poems by award-winning author Matthew Dickman that celebrate daily life in America.
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