Betting on the Muse (1996)

Published as a collection of poetry and prose by Black Sparrow Press, 13/5/1996

Works in this Book

12 Minutes To Post - pg. 210 - circa 1991
A Challenge To The Dark - pg. 401
A Great Show - pg. 366
A Nickel - pg. 101
A Real Break - pg. 238
A Social Call - pg. 275
A View From The Quarter, March 12th, 1965 - pg. 76
Again - pg. 45
An Empire Of Coins - pg. 97
An Evaluation - pg. 204 - circa 1991
And All The Snow Melted - pg. 95 - circa 1969
Answer To A Note On The Dresser - pg. 109 - circa 1962
As The Poems Go - pg. 211 - 1991
August, 1993 - pg. 393
Avoiding Humanity - pg. 240 - circa 1991
Bad Day - pg. 167 - circa 1992
Bad Form - pg. 261
Barstool - pg. 283
Betting On Now - pg. 396
Betting On The Muse - pg. 144
Black And White - pg. 89
Block - pg. 329 - 1991
Chicken Giblets - pg. 188 - circa 1993
Confessions Of A Coward - pg. 59 - circa 1956
Confession Of A Genius - pg. 309
Death In The Afternoon - pg. 351
Decline - pg. 398 - circa 1994
Defining The Magic - pg. 131
Doesn't Seem Like Much - pg. 345
Drink - pg. 80
Epilogue - pg. 371
Escape - pg. 56
Fall Of The Roman Empire - pg. 173
Fante - pg. 373
Final Score - pg. 320
Finis - pg. 339
Finis, II - pg. 390
Floss, Brush And Flush - pg. 362 - circa 1992
Hands - pg. 318 - 1991
Hell Is Now - pg. 156
Hideaway - pg. 214
In The Mouth Of The Tiger - pg. 399 - circa 1992
It Got Away - pg. 375 - 1991
It's Difficult For Them - pg. 183 - circa 1991
Last Call - pg. 263 - circa 1992
Last Fight - pg. 128
Let It Enfold You - pg. 378
Let Not - pg. 116
Look Back, Look Up - pg. 286 - circa 1991
Lousy Mail - pg. 294
Me Against The World - pg. 39
Met A Man On The Street - pg. 155 - 1991
My Madness - pg. 334
Nature Poem - pg. 106 - circa 1966
Neon - pg. 206
No Win - pg. 197 - circa 1993
On Biographies - pg. 236
Panties - pg. 35
Paris - pg. 290 - 1991
Paris, What? - pg. 273 - circa 1992
Pastoral - pg. 337
People - pg. 176
Piss - pg. 126 - circa 1993
Putting It To Bed - pg. 325 - circa 1991
Ransom - pg. 178 - 1975
Right Now - pg. 123
Slow Starter - pg. 279 - circa 1993
So Now? - pg. 402 - circa 1994
Somebody Else - pg. 67
Splash - pg. 13 - circa 1991
Stages - pg. 52
Stay Out Of My Slippers, You Fool - pg. 225 - 1992
Storm - pg. 331
Strange Luck - pg. 347
That Rare Good Moment - pg. 342 - circa 1992
The 13th Month - pg. 388
The Bard Of San Francisco - pg. 233
The Dead Flowers Of Myself - pg. 38 - circa 1962
The Death Of A Roach - pg. 118 - circa 1959
The Dick - pg. 168
The Girls We Followed Home - pg. 277
The Gods - pg. 360
The Good Soul - pg. 292 - circa 1991
The Kid - pg. 161
The Kiss-Off - pg. 143 - circa 1967
The Laughing Heart - pg. 400 - circa 1993
The Lover - pg. 192 - circa 1990
The Luck Of The Draw - pg. 376 - 1991
The Luck Of The Word - pg. 259
The Misanthrope - pg. 322
The Monkey - pg. 19
The Observer - pg. 391
The Pile-Up - pg. 209 - 1991
The Pleasures Of The Damned - pg. 29 - circa 1962
The Secret - pg. 66 - circa 1991
The Shape Of The Star - pg. 268
The Sheep - pg. 124 - 1991
The Similarity - pg. 333 - circa 1992
The Snails - pg. 42
The Star - pg. 198 - circa 1984
The Strong Man - pg. 136 - 1991
The Suicide - pg. 296 - circa 1985
The Telephone - pg. 212
The Terror - pg. 141
The Trash Can - pg. 327
The Unaccommodating Universe - pg. 147
The Unwritten - pg. 120
The Voice - pg. 227 - circa 1992
The Women - pg. 15
The World War One Movies - pg. 46 - circa 1991
They Think This Is The Way It's Done - pg. 208
Think Of It - pg. 186 - circa 1991
This Dirty, Valiant Game - pg. 221
This Night - pg. 394 - circa 1993
Those Marvelous Lunches - pg. 30 - circa 1991
To Hell And Back In A Buggy Carriage - pg. 50 - circa 1992
To Serve And Protect - pg. 164 - circa 1992
Traffic Report - pg. 316 - circa 1991-1994
Until It Hurts - pg. 350 - 1991
Upon Reading A Critical Review - pg. 271
Views - pg. 134
Warning - pg. 108 - circa 1962
What Happened To The Loving, Laughing Girl In The Gingham Dress? - pg. 244
Whistler - pg. 27
Woman On The Street - pg. 58 - circa 1962
Writing - pg. 132 - 1991
You Don't Know - pg. 110

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