The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain (2004)

Published as a poetry collection by Ecco, 23/12/2004

Works in this Book

One More Day - pg. 296
9 Bad Boys - pg. 295
Picture This - pg. 294
A Pause Before The Counter Attack - pg. 293
The Shadows - pg. 292
Not Much Singing - pg. 290 - circa 1993
Dear Reader - pg. 288
You Tell Me What It Means - pg. 286 - circa 1991
A Musical Difference - pg. 284 - 1985
A Big Night - pg. 282 - circa 1993
The Horses Of Mexico - pg. 280
10:45 A.M. - pg. 278 - 1974
Prescience - pg. 277 - circa 1992
Valet - pg. 274
There's A Poet On Every Bar Stool - pg. 269
Feeling Fairly Good Tonight - pg. 268
They Are After Me - pg. 265
Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down - pg. 263
Drunk Before Noon - pg. 261 - 1985
The Unfolding - pg. 259 - 1985
He Showed Me His Back - pg. 258
Party Of Nine - pg. 255
Fame At Last - pg. 252
Experience - pg. 250 - circa 1963
The Sixties? - pg. 244
Saratoga Hot Walker - pg. 241 - 1983
Unloading The Goods - pg. 239
Club Hell, 1942 - pg. 236
Hungaria, Symphonia Poem #9 By Franz Liszt - pg. 234 - circa 1987
Kraznick - pg. 232 - 1975
Democracy - pg. 231 - 1986
Notations - pg. 229
Human Nature - pg. 227
Writing - pg. 225
I Have This New Room - pg. 223
Calm Elation, 1993 - pg. 218
Foxholes - pg. 217
Put Out The Light - pg. 215
7 Come 11 - pg. 213
Moth To The Flame - pg. 212
Silly Damned Thing Anyhow - pg. 210
Proper Credentials Are Needed To Join - pg. 207
Good Try, All - pg. 205 - 1985
A Simple Kindness - pg. 203 - 1985
The Buzz - pg. 201
Notes On Some Poetry - pg. 199 - circa 1993
Night Unto Night - pg. 197
One For Wolfgang - pg. 196
Made In The Shade (Happy New Year) - pg. 195 - 1993
It's Difficult To See Your Own Death Approaching - pg. 194
Speed! - pg. 192 - 1985
Apparitions - pg. 191
Sunbeam - pg. 187
A Fight - pg. 184
The Sound Of Typewriters - pg. 180
The Gods Are Good - pg. 179
Body Slam - pg. 178
A Terrible Need - pg. 177 - 1986
The Hardest - pg. 176 - circa 1993
Life On The Half Shell - pg. 175
About The Mail Lately - pg. 173
Farewell, Farewell - pg. 172 - 1993
Alone In This Room - pg. 171
Walking Papers - pg. 169
A Summation - pg. 168
First Poem Back - pg. 167
My Last Winter - pg. 166
Nothing Here - pg. 165
Crawl - pg. 163 - circa 1994
They Rolled The Bed Out Of There - pg. 160
Throwing My Weight Around - pg. 157
Crime Does Pay - pg. 155
Cold Summer - pg. 153 - circa 1994
The Dogs - pg. 150 - 1985
A Hell Of A Duet - pg. 148 - 1985
Fencing With The Shadows - pg. 146
Sour Grapes - pg. 145 - 1993
Snow White - pg. 144
1970 Blues - pg. 142
A Strange Visit - pg. 140
Hey, Kafka! - pg. 138
My Doom Smiles At Me - pg. 136
Ow - pg. 135 - 1986
Poem For The Young And Tough - pg. 134
Places To Die And Places To Hide - pg. 132
Heart In The Cage - pg. 130 - 1992
Help Wanted And Received - pg. 129 - circa 1988
The Difficulty Of Breathing - pg. 126
How To Get Away? - pg. 124 - 1986
Reading Little Poems In Little Magazines - pg. 122
D.N.F. - pg. 121 - 1974
Interlude - pg. 119
A Riot In The Streets - pg. 118
B As In Bullshit - pg. 117 - circa 1989
Lonely Hearts - pg. 115
Lark In The Dark - pg. 113 - circa 1993
Nights Of Vanilla Mice - pg. 111
Enemy Of The King, 1935 - pg. 109
The Barometer - pg. 107 - 1985
Please - pg. 106 - 1985
Cleopatra Now - pg. 103
The Novice - pg. 101
Besieged - pg. 100 - 1985
A Visitor Complains - pg. 97 - 1985
Tonight - pg. 95 - 1992
Photos - pg. 94 - 1985
The Fix Is In - pg. 93
The Poetry Game - pg. 91 - 1980
Feet To The Fire - pg. 90
Nice Guy - pg. 88
It's Over And Done - pg. 87
Into The Wastebasket - pg. 84
What Bothers Them Most - pg. 79
Nothing's Free - pg. 78
Thoughts While Eating A Sandwich - pg. 77 - 1985
Barfly - pg. 73 - circa 1988
Crucifixion - pg. 72
The Road To Hell Is Paved With Yammering Once-Geniuses - pg. 70 - circa 1991
The Wavering Line - pg. 66
Goading The Muse - pg. 63 - circa 1991-1994
It's Never Been So Good - pg. 61 - 1985
Card Girls - pg. 58
Born Again - pg. 57
What? - pg. 56
The Old Couple - pg. 54
A Friendly Place - pg. 51 - circa 1994
Floss-Job - pg. 49
$1.25 A Gallon - pg. 47
Pretenders - pg. 45
Throwing Away The Alarm Clock - pg. 44
The Night Richard Nixon Shook My Hand - pg. 43
The Would-Be Horseplayer - pg. 41
The 60s - pg. 38
The End Of An Era - pg. 31 - 1986
Poop - pg. 27
An Unliterary Afternoon - pg. 24 - 1980
Be Cool, Fool - pg. 22
Mystery Leg - pg. 15
Gas - pg. 13
Game Day - pg. 3
The Birds - pg. 9 - circa 1959
The Old Girl - pg. 5
German - pg. 3

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