Date & Time

by Phil Kaye

Overview

2018 Foreword Reviews INDIES Book of the Year Honorable Mention Winner

Phil Kaye's debut collection is a stunning tribute to growing up, and all of the challenges and celebrations of the passing of time, as jagged as it may be. Kaye takes the reader on a journey from a complex but iridescent childhood, drawing them into adolescence, and finally on to adulthood. There are first kisses, lost friendships, hair blowing in the wind while driving the vastness of an empty road, and the author positioned in the middle, trying to make sense of it all. Readers will find joy and vulnerability, in equal measure. Date & Time is a welcoming story, which freezes the calendar and allows us all to live in our best moments.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781943735365
Publisher:	Button Poetry
Publication date:	09/18/2018
Series:	Button Poetry
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	364,255
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Raised in a California beach town by a Japanese mother and Jewish-American father, Phil first fell in love with spoken word poetry at age 17. He has performed in hundreds of venues in fifteen countries. In 2015, Phil was invited to perform alongside His Holiness The Dalai Lama for the celebration of his 80th birthday.

His work has been viewed online over 10 million times and featured in media outlets ranging from NPR to Al Jazeera America to Upworthy.com. Phil is a graduate of Brown University and the co-director of Project VOICE.

Table of Contents

The Author & The Author At 7 Years Old Choose A Movie To Watch 3

End 7

Canyon 11

Internet Speaks Back To The Author, 2018 13

Succulent 15

Mr. Jones & Me 16

Beginning, Middle & End 17

The New Multihyphenate 20

Camaro 21

Self-Portrait In Wartime 25

Hunt 27

Letter To My Mother Where I Apologize For Her Appearance In The Book 29

Repetition 32

Beginning 37

On Starting 41

Reflections On The New Glass 42

Strength, In Four Parts 43

Ruby's 46

Depression 48

The Patriot 49

Teeth 51

Phantom Limb 55

Before The Internet 56

Apparition 58

Where The Party At, Or, Silence 62

Numbers Man 64

The Appreciation Meditation 68

Middle 71

Roller Coaster 75

Sick Day 77

Loneliness 79

Ferris Wheel 80

My Grandmother's Ballroom 81

The Parking Lot 84

Summer / New York City 85

Yellow Bouquet 88

The Routine 90

Unalienable 93

Internet Speaks Back To The Author, 1998 96

The New Apartment 98

Song For The Dirt 100

Acknowledgments 101