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“There really is an intelligence to these that creates a texture unlike any other; I can’t yet describe it but it has to do with variable motions and rhythms, time signatures almost, that strike me as always alert, always attentive, always capable.”—William Fuller

“These poems are all inviting, and it seems to me that’s an amazingly rare quality in poems, and even this old Brit submits to the pleasure they give. . . . There’s radiance from all these poems.”—John Wilkinson

“Miles Champion uses just the necessary words, and puts them in interesting places: definitely hard to film.”—Tom Raworth

"Walls"

Walls
give bound to a susceptible formalism

Spring
bends the show of things to a brain-like source

Signs of rust
abandon a whistle or paint chip

Problems
are prefigured like flowers

Roofs
frisk in the air

Bridges
flip an aesthetic switch

Leaves
transfigure maples and alders

Dust
comes into ear

Extremities
milling about

Miles Champion moved to New York City from London in 2002. His other books of poetry include Sore Models, Facture, Eventually, and Three Bell Zero.

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How to Laugh
“There really is an intelligence to these that creates a texture unlike any other; I can’t yet describe it but it has to do with variable motions and rhythms, time signatures almost, that strike me as always alert, always attentive, always capable.”—William Fuller

“These poems are all inviting, and it seems to me that’s an amazingly rare quality in poems, and even this old Brit submits to the pleasure they give. . . . There’s radiance from all these poems.”—John Wilkinson

“Miles Champion uses just the necessary words, and puts them in interesting places: definitely hard to film.”—Tom Raworth

"Walls"

Walls
give bound to a susceptible formalism

Spring
bends the show of things to a brain-like source

Signs of rust
abandon a whistle or paint chip

Problems
are prefigured like flowers

Roofs
frisk in the air

Bridges
flip an aesthetic switch

Leaves
transfigure maples and alders

Dust
comes into ear

Extremities
milling about

Miles Champion moved to New York City from London in 2002. His other books of poetry include Sore Models, Facture, Eventually, and Three Bell Zero.

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How to Laugh

How to Laugh

by Miles Champion
How to Laugh

How to Laugh

by Miles Champion

Overview

“There really is an intelligence to these that creates a texture unlike any other; I can’t yet describe it but it has to do with variable motions and rhythms, time signatures almost, that strike me as always alert, always attentive, always capable.”—William Fuller

“These poems are all inviting, and it seems to me that’s an amazingly rare quality in poems, and even this old Brit submits to the pleasure they give. . . . There’s radiance from all these poems.”—John Wilkinson

“Miles Champion uses just the necessary words, and puts them in interesting places: definitely hard to film.”—Tom Raworth

"Walls"

Walls
give bound to a susceptible formalism

Spring
bends the show of things to a brain-like source

Signs of rust
abandon a whistle or paint chip

Problems
are prefigured like flowers

Roofs
frisk in the air

Bridges
flip an aesthetic switch

Leaves
transfigure maples and alders

Dust
comes into ear

Extremities
milling about

Miles Champion moved to New York City from London in 2002. His other books of poetry include Sore Models, Facture, Eventually, and Three Bell Zero.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780976161271
Publisher: Zephyr Press
Publication date: 10/14/2014
Series: Adventures in Poetry
Pages: 72
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Miles Champion's books include Sore Models and Three Bell Zero. His recent collaborations with artists include Trevor Winkfield and one in latex with Jane South. He moved to New York from London in 2002.

Table of Contents

Where to Write 3

Sketch for Relief 8

Lolita in Wonderland 9

Under Heavy Manners 12

In the Air 13

Colour in Huysmans 16

Wet Flatware 21

Sweating Cubism Out 22

Curve 24

Fruit Shadows 25

Garage Door Opium System 26

Walls 28

Wheels 29

Bartenders in Leaf 31

Providence 32

Air Ball 39

Glass Table Shoe 45

Typical Umbrella Fiasco 46

Because System Personal 48

Success Is a job in New York 50

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