The poems in this brilliant follow-up to the National Book Award finalist Archeophonics, are concerned with grieving, with poetry and death, with beauty and sadness, with light. As Ben Lerner has written, ‘Gizzi’s poetry is an example of how a poet’s total tonal attention can disclose new orders of sensation and meaning. His beautiful lines are full of deft archival allusion.’ With litany, elegy, and prose, Gizzi continues his pursuit toward a lyric of reality. Saturated with luminous detail, these original poems possess, even in their sorrowing moments, a dizzying freedom.
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LYRIC • SPEECH ACTS FOR A DYING WORLD • THAT I SAW THE LIGHT ON NONOTUCK AVENUE • EVERY DAY I WANT TO FLY MY KITE•THE PRESENT IS CONSTANT ELEGY • SOME JOY FOR MORNING • SKY BURIAL NOW • IT’S DARK • THE AFTERLIFE OF PAPER • A LONELY PLANET GUIDE TO MY LIFE LAST POEM • LETTER TO THE GHOST WORLD INSIDE OUT • LOUD • THE INGENUITY OF ANIMAL SURVIVAL • OF THE AIR • ROXY MUSIC ARCHIVAL LIGHT • SUNDAY’S EMPIRE • A ROUND FOR W.S. GRAHAM • NOW IT’S DARK • SUNSHINE • GARLAND • MARIGOLD & CABLE • NOCTURNE • SHIP OF STATE • CODA • FROM THIS END OF SADNESS • Acknowledgments