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Songs From Under the River: A poetry collection of early and new work

Songs From Under the River: A poetry collection of early and new work

by Anis Mojgani
Songs From Under the River: A poetry collection of early and new work
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Songs From Under the River: A poetry collection of early and new work

Songs From Under the River: A poetry collection of early and new work

by Anis Mojgani

Overview

World renowned performer, top-selling author and two-time National Slam Poetry Champion, Anis Mojgani has combed through out-of-print editions to put together Songs from Under the River.

A best-of collection for his third Write Bloody release. Popular poems such as "Direct Orders,” "Shake the Dust,” "Here Am I" and more, are collected alongside lost poems, favorite poems, and new unpublished works. The book showcases what audiences have come to expect from Anis: uplifting words, playful surrealism, and the journey through imagination.

Songs from Under the River allows fans and new readers alike the chance to follow the trajectory of Anis' development, themes, and style of work over his fifteen-year career.


Praise


"Anis Mojgani is a gale force talent, a talent dervish of lyrics and the body's music, a poet who gleefully spurns the boundaries of poet...filling us with that inimitable voice when and wherever we need."

—Patricia Smith, author of Blood Dazzler


"...offers dreamlike eloquent strands of verse..."

—Paste Magazine

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781938912245
Publisher: Write Bloody Publishing
Publication date: 03/15/2013
Pages: 100
Sales rank: 584,328
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Anis Mojgani is a two time National Poetry Slam Champion, winner of the International World Cup Poetry Slam, and multiple-time TEDx Speaker. He has been awarded residencies from the Vermont Studio Center, AIR Serenbe, and the Oregon Literary Arts Writers-In-The-Schools program. His work has appeared on HBO, NPR, and in the pages of such journals as Rattle, Forklift Ohio, Paper Darts, and Thrush.
Anis is the author of five books, all published by Write Bloody Publishing. Originally from New Orleans, he currently lives in Oregon.

Read an Excerpt

"Shake the Dust"


"This is for the fat girls
This is for the little brothers

For the former prom queen
And for the milk crate ball players
This is for the school yard wimps
And the childhood bullies that tormented them
Shake the dust.

This is for the benches and the people sitting upon them.
This is for the bus drivers driving a million broken hymns
And for the men who have to hold down 3 jobs,

Simply to hold up their children.
For the nighttime schoolers
And for the midnight bike riders trying to fly
Shake the dust.

For the two year olds who cannot be understood
because they speak half English and half god
Shake the dust

For the girl whose brother is going crazy

For the gym class wall flower
And for the 12 year olds that are afraid of taking public showers
For the kid who's always late to class because he forgets the combination to his locker
For the girl who loves somebody else
Shake the dust."

Table of Contents

Letter to the Reader 17

Closer 21

On the Day His Son Was Born the Astronomer Screamed Out His Window 23

Here Am I 24

I Sing a Song of Jacob 27

For Those Who Can Still Ride an Airplane For the First Time 29

Church 32

Peacocks 33

21 Thoughts on the Stereotype that All Brown People Are Terrorists 35

Autobiography 37

Direct Orders 38

Parade Day 41

Washington Heights 43

Drayton Street 45

from You Are the Sea 46

In My Library There Are 17 Books 47

The Moon Was a Backyard 50

Love Is Not a Science 51

Spilling Apples 54

Over the Anvil We Stretch 55

The Fisherman 57

Galumpf Deez Nuts…Galumpf Deez Nuts Spines Shoulders & Collarbones Of Mine 59

& Then Billy Explained to Me the Parts of the Gun 62

The Ballad of Nicor Misgoni 64

The Mechanics of Geese 66

The Pledge 67

For a Girl Who Likes the Word Wow 70

Even If Somebody Pooped a Poem It's Alright Cuz Somebody Somewhere Made It or Invincible 71

Pancakes 73

I'm Forgetting This Poem Before I Write It 75

The Story of Icarus 77

The Branches Are Full & the Orchards Heavy 78

Cradle 81

Almond Milk & Tilapia 82

How a Person Finds Home 84

Harvesting Melons 86

Shake the Dust 87

About the Author 91

Acknowledgements 93

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