Who would guess that Godzilla, the Invisible Man, Elvis, Donald Duck, Ted Williams, and the Three Stooges might have something to say about the love and loss that shape the way we see the world? And yet these are the pop-culture coordinates that chart the emotional life brilliantly mapped out in Paul Guest’s second book of poems. Winner of the Prairie Schooner Prize in Poetry, this collection plumbs the depths of nature and culture (how, for instance, “gar” in Old English means “spear,” and an octopus can lose a limb during mating) to give form to the darkness and the light that make us human.
In poetry whose tone is largely one of lament tempered by a wry and intelligent humor, Paul Guest does what a poet does best: he gives us the moments of his life refashioned to reflect the larger arc and meaning of our own—of life, that is, writ large.
Review “How can there be radiance and plentitude in the dark, diminished world? What can a child's broken neck make of the future? Paul Guest's poems are answers to these questions. They are incandescent, terrifying, scalding, and unafraid to be lovely. In Guest's poems ardor marries grief. Blood beats a mighty river. The idiotic weds the sublime. Romance meets its nullifying twin. They have the force of wonder. They wound. Notes For My Body Double accrues a music that channels Muscle Shoals and Memphis—a blues of hunger, angels, secrets and fire.”—Bruce Smith, author of Songs for Two Voices
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“Paul Guest has managed to write, simultaneously, to and of himself, in poems that balance the narrative and lyrical impulses with uncommon grace.”—Bob Hicok, author of This Clumsy Livin g
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“ Notes for My Body Double has the utmost integrity: all its parts interconnect and clearly relate to an overarching theme. The poet underscores this by arranging the poems in a continuous rush forcing the reader into the skin of the one whose future has altered in an instant. Whatever redemption the speaker experiences arrives primarily through love of language and imagination (‘In praise of the fat moon, in praise of my howl’). This relentless collection is not easy to read, but its rewards are manifold.”—Carole Simmons Oles, author of Waking Stone: Inventions on the Life of Harriet Hosmer
(Carole Simmons Oles 20070402)
About the Author Paul Guest is the author of The Resurrection of the Body and the Ruin of the World , winner of the 2002 New Issues Poetry Prize, and of the chapbook Exit Interview . Coeditor of Mot Juste , Guest has taught poetry and writing at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and the University of Alabama.

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Who would guess that Godzilla, the Invisible Man, Elvis, Donald Duck, Ted Williams, and the Three Stooges might have something to say about the love and loss that shape the way we see the world? And yet these are the pop-culture coordinates that chart the emotional life brilliantly mapped out in Paul Guest’s second book of poems. Winner of the Prairie Schooner Prize in Poetry, this collection plumbs the depths of nature and culture (how, for instance, “gar” in Old English means “spear,” and an octopus can lose a limb during mating) to give form to the darkness and the light that make us human.
In poetry whose tone is largely one of lament tempered by a wry and intelligent humor, Paul Guest does what a poet does best: he gives us the moments of his life refashioned to reflect the larger arc and meaning of our own—of life, that is, writ large.
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Who would guess that Godzilla, the Invisible Man, Elvis, Donald Duck, Ted Williams, and the Three Stooges might have something to say about the love and loss that shape the way we see the world? And yet these are the pop-culture coordinates that chart the emotional life brilliantly mapped out in Paul Guest’s second book of poems. Winner of the Prairie Schooner Prize in Poetry, this collection plumbs the depths of nature and culture (how, for instance, “gar” in Old English means “spear,” and an octopus can lose a limb during mating) to give form to the darkness and the light that make us human. In poetry whose tone is largely one of lament tempered by a wry and intelligent humor, Paul Guest does what a poet does best: he gives us the moments of his life refashioned to reflect the larger arc and meaning of our own—of life, that is, writ large.

Who Would Guess That Godzilla, The Invisible Man, Donald Duck, Ted Williams, And The Three Stooges Might Have Something To Say About The Love And Loss That Shape The Way We See The World? And Yet These Are The Pop-culture Coordinates That Chart The Emotional Life Mapped Out In Paul Guest's Second Book Of Poems.--jacket. Nothing -- Plenitude -- Elba -- On Being Asked Who The You Is In My Poems -- Questions For Godzilla -- The Invisible Man Looks Into A Mirror -- Beyond Repair -- Minus -- History -- Psalm In Rain -- Romance -- Negation -- At Last -- The Naked -- Daydreaming Of Ghosts -- The God Of Neglect, Overheard -- From The Black Lagoon -- How It Won't Be -- Seduction With Entropy -- Veneration -- Apologia -- In Praise Of The Defective -- Exit Interview -- Resignation -- The Cartoonist In Hell -- My Philosophy Of Other Lives -- Donald Duck's Lament 000 -- Popular Romance -- These Arms Of Mine -- Such As Myself -- Poem For The National Hobo Association Poetry Contest -- Notes For My Body Double -- Questions For Silence -- For A Woman's Back -- Ode -- Perfume -- Erasure -- Poem In Which I Seek Consolation In The Etymology Of A Word -- Hunger -- The Numbers Are Not In -- Love Poem -- Water -- Ptolemaic Sunset -- Lullaby -- Practice. Paul Guest.

Title Page 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 6
Acknowledgments 8
Nothing 11
Plenitude 12
Elba 14
On Being Asked Who the You Is in My Poems 15
Questions for Godzilla 17
The Invisible Man Looks into a Mirror 19
Beyond Repair 21
Minus 22
History 24
Psalm in Rain 25
Romance 27
Negation 29
At Last 31
The Naked 33
Daydreaming of Ghosts 35
The God of Neglect, Overheard 37
From the Black Lagoon 39
How It Won't Be 41
Seduciont with Entropy 42
Veneration 44
Apologia 45
In Praise of the Defective 47
Exit Interview 49
Resignation 51
The Cartoonist in Hell 52
My Philosophy of Other Lives 54
Donald Duck's Lament 55
Popular Romance 57
These Arms of Mine 59
Such as Myself 61
Poem for the National Hobo Association Poetry Contest 63
Notes for My Body Double 65
Questions for Silence 67
For a Woman's Back 69
Ode 71
Perfume 73
Erasure 74
Poem in Which I Seek Consolation in the Etymology of a Word 76
Hunger 77
The Numbers Are Not In 79
Love Poem 81
Water 83
Ptolemaic Sunset 84
Lullaby 85
Practice 87

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