Brief Nudity

by Larry O. Dean

Overview

Brief Nudity's poems are concerned with the juxtaposition between elegy and irreverence. It includes personal poems recounted from the perspective of victims of the 1989 Bay Area Loma Prieta earthquake. Other poems are more personal, delving into familial reminiscence, the fragility of friendships, and urban living.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781908836403
Publisher:	Salmon Poetry
Publication date:	09/04/2013
Pages:	84
Product dimensions:	8.10(w) x 5.20(h) x 0.50(d)

Table of Contents

I

Eldorado 11

Sirens 13

Loma Prieta #1: Donna Marsden 15

Breakfast at Bliss 18

You Are Untrustworthy 19

The Carillon 20

Loma Prieta #2: Delores Ardoin Stewart 21

Ternstedt Division, 1961 24

Dracula's Daughter 26

$8 Towels 29

Scott Benjamin 30

Loma Prieta #3: Ramzi Farid Asfour 31

48169 34

Psychology of the Stoplight 35

Loma Prieta #4: Petra Berumen 36

II

My Biology of Louis Pasture 47

Our Jeff Goldblum 49

Siesta Coma 51

Monday Night 52

Hummerfucker 53

My Penis 54

Hey, Hercules! 55

Lose Weight Like the Stars! 56

Blink 60

New Age Baby Names 62

The Angry Whopper® 64

Evel Knievel Reincarnated as a Physician 67

Window Washers 68

Avalanche Is Better Than None 69

Pulp Villanelle 71

Tom DeLay Explains His Mugshot to Himself 72

Siesta Coma: The Barkeep 75

Acknowledgments 78

About the Author 81