Bone Palace Ballet (1997)

Published as a poetry collection by Black Sparrow Press, 25/3/1997

Works in this Book

• Ah - pg. 150 - circa 1992
• 12 Minutes To Post - pg. 144 - circa 1991
• 16 Jap Machine Gun Bullets - pg. 73
• 2 Horse Collars - pg. 165 - 1974
• 3 Blacks - pg. 315
• 40,000 - pg. 173 - circa 1994
• A $15 Boy And A $1500 Casket - pg. 98
• A Curious Thing - pg. 197
• A Final Word On No Final Words - pg. 225
• A Little Cafe on 6th Street - pg. 322 - 1982
• A Model - pg. 273
• A Moment - pg. 360
• A Note On The Masses - pg. 108 - 1991
• A Place In Philly - pg. 53
• A Problem - pg. 351
• A Re-Evaluation - pg. 191 - 1986
• A Tough Time - pg. 116
• Action - pg. 291
• AFDC For You And Me - pg. 133
• Alone - pg. 300 - circa 1993
• An Answer - pg. 271
• Art Class - pg. 123
• Bach - pg. 357
• Bach, Come Back - pg. 331 - circa 1992
• Band-Aid - pg. 244
• Bar Stool - pg. 75
• Belfast - pg. 344
• Big Night On The Town - pg. 57 - circa 1992
• Black - pg. 188
• Bone Palace Ballet - pg. 135
• Bum On The Loose - pg. 159
• Burlesque - pg. 34
• Candy-Ass - pg. 209
• City Boy - pg. 89 - circa 1992
• Classical - pg. 23 - 1991
• Clever - pg. 231
• Coffeeshop - pg. 176
• Cool Fur - pg. 348 - 1991
• Counsel - pg. 166 - 1990
• Cruising - pg. 220
• Dark, And Darker - pg. 281
• Dead - pg. 190
• Death In The Modern Age - pg. 325
• Depression Kid - pg. 30
• Ding-Dong - pg. 129
• Disgusting - pg. 329
• Don't Forget - pg. 203
• Dostoevsky - pg. 308 - circa 1992
• Drieser Wasn't So Hot Either - pg. 216
• Each Man's Hell Is Different - pg. 227 - 1985
• Evaluation - pg. 260
• Fact - pg. 362
• Field Exercises - pg. 43
• Finished? - pg. 265
• First Love - pg. 37 - 1974
• Freeway - pg. 249
• Full Circle - pg. 49
• Glasgow - pg. 304
• God's Man - pg. 17
• Going Away - pg. 161
• Good Night, Sweet Prince - pg. 215
• Great Jazz - pg. 358
• Hey, Hey, Hey - pg. 243 - circa 1991-1994
• Horse Fly - pg. 288 - 1985
• How To Get Rid Of The Purists - pg. 195 - 1991
• I Know You - pg. 134
• In Other Words - pg. 153 - 1981
• In The Center Of The Action - pg. 145 - 1972
• Interview - pg. 268 - 1983
• Journey To The End - pg. 185
• Killing Life - pg. 256
• Last Call - pg. 204 - circa 1992
• Last Will And Testament - pg. 142
• Late Payment - pg. 164 - circa 1992
• Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire! - pg. 83
• Life Like A Big Tender Glove - pg. 316
• Lord Byron - pg. 111
• Madman - pg. 69
• Mailbag - pg. 334 - 1990
• Mountain - pg. 40 - circa 1991
• My Companion - pg. 274
• My Computer - pg. 309
• My Friend, The Parking Lot Attendant - pg. 140 - 1984
• My Mail - pg. 235
• My Style - pg. 189 - 1979
• My Worst Rejection Slip - pg. 168 - circa 1994
• Nazi - pg. 71
• Night Cap - pg. 289 - 1991
• Nights And Years - pg. 319
• No Return Address - pg. 262
• Not Normal - pg. 21
• Oh - pg. 137
• Old - pg. 338 - circa 1992
• Old? - pg. 349
• On The Bum - pg. 64
• One Of Those - pg. 207
• Our World - pg. 193
• Owl - pg. 307
• Payoff - pg. 127
• Playtime - pg. 295 - circa 1991
• Please - pg. 213
• Poem For My 71st Birthday - pg. 296
• Poetry Readings - pg. 181
• Preparation - pg. 248
• Quiet In A Quiet Night - pg. 320
• Quotable - pg. 267 - 1982
• Returning To An Old Love - pg. 347
• Reunion - pg. 328 - circa 1992
• Room 106 - pg. 151
• Rosary - pg. 101
• Safe - pg. 313
• Self-Invited - pg. 336 - 1990
• Slow Night - pg. 297
• Snake-Eyes - pg. 192
• Snapshot (1985) - pg. 264 - 1985
• Society Should Realize - pg. 67 - 1970
• Some Luck, Somehow - pg. 121 - 1991
• Somewhere In Texas - pg. 87 - circa 1992
• Stag - pg. 162
• Taken - pg. 354
• Thanks To The Computer - pg. 312
• The Barometer - pg. 276
• The Beautiful Lady - pg. 187
• The Big One - pg. 157
• The Dangling Carrot - pg. 247 - circa 1993
• The Darkening Life - pg. 286
• The Dream - pg. 345
• The Fighter - pg. 167
• The Finger - pg. 201
• The Fool Dines Out - pg. 146
• The Fool - pg. 241 - circa 1994
• The Horseplayer - pg. 155 - 1991
• The Inspection - pg. 84
• The Joke - pg. 302
• The Kenyon Review And Other Matters - pg. 55
• The Lady Who Looks Forever Young - pg. 270 - 1984
• The Last Song - pg. 327
• The Mail - pg. 255 - circa 1994
• The Mirror Game - pg. 81
• The Modern Life - pg. 333 - circa 1992
• The New Homeless - pg. 253
• The Old Guy In The Piano Bar - pg. 317
• The Parade - pg. 158 - circa 1992
• The Poem - pg. 233
• The Powers That Be - pg. 229
• The Puking Lady - pg. 25
• The Racetrack Salutes You! - pg. 299
• The Rivers - pg. 279 - circa 1994
• The Rock - pg. 149 - circa 1983
• The Room - pg. 282
• The Smirking Dark - pg. 103
• The Strange Morning Outside The Bar - pg. 93 - circa 1993
• The Two Toughest - pg. 284 - 1983
• The Voice Of Chinaski - pg. 266 - circa 1974-1978
• The Way It Is - pg. 223 - circa 1992
• The Weak - pg. 115
• The Word - pg. 210
• The X-Factor - pg. 258
• The Young Poets - pg. 261
• The Young - pg. 340
• There - pg. 363
• Those Good People - pg. 287 - 1991
• Too Hot - pg. 326
• Total Madness - pg. 59 - circa 1993
• Two Crazies - pg. 106
• Undecent - pg. 206
• Up Through The Night - pg. 240
• Upon Reading A Critical Review - pg. 186
• Wait, It Will Find Us - pg. 257
• Walking With The Dead - pg. 239
• Welcome Darkness - pg. 356 - 1991
• What Can You Do? - pg. 138
• What Will The Neighbors Think? - pg. 45
• Wondrous - pg. 361
• Yes Sirree! - pg. 263
• The First Love - pg. 37 - 1974

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