The Night Torn Mad With Footsteps (2001)

Published as a poetry collection by Black Sparrow Press, 1/9/2001

Works in this Book

Introduction to chapter 4 - pg. 257 - 1983
Wine Pulse - pg. 352 - 1984
If I Had Failed To Make The Struggle - pg. 350
Moving Toward What? - pg. 348
Self-Inflicted Wounds - pg. 343
Racetrack Parking Lot At The End Of The Day - pg. 345
Melodies That Echo - pg. 341
The Beginning Of A Brief Love Affair - pg. 340 - 1978
One Learns - pg. 338
Girl On The Escalator - pg. 336
Small Conversation In The Afternoon With John Fante - pg. 335
Two Writers - pg. 331 - 1990
Eulogy - pg. 329 - 1984
An Animal Poem - pg. 327 - 1984
No Man Is An Island - pg. 325 - 1984
Guitars - pg. 320
Gamblers All - pg. 319
Harbor Freeway South - pg. 316
Hello, How Are You? - pg. 313
One Thirty-Six A.M. - pg. 314
They Need What They Need - pg. 312 - 1983
Cats And You And Me - pg. 310 - 1981
Crazy As A Fox - pg. 309
Spelling It Out On My Computer - pg. 308
A Song With No End - pg. 305
The Lucky Ones - pg. 306
TB - pg. 303 - 1990
It Is Good To Know When You Are Done - pg. 301
KFAC - pg. 299 - 1982
Darlings Of The Word - pg. 296 - 1982
Passport - pg. 294 - 1977
The Kid From Santiago - pg. 290 - 1974
Room Service - pg. 292 - circa 1962
The Condition Book - pg. 289
Oh, To Be Young In 1942! - pg. 286 - 1984
Milk A Cow And You Get Milk - pg. 285 - 1975
Pink Silks - pg. 283 - circa 1986
I Demand A Little Respect - pg. 281 - 1982
A Time To Remember - pg. 280 - 1985
Having The Flu And With Nothing Else To Do - pg. 279 - 1985
For The Foxes - pg. 274 - 1982
A Poem For Brigitte Bardot - pg. 277
Out Of The Dark - pg. 273 - 1985
A Boor - pg. 269
Justice - pg. 267 - 1982
Lost In San Pedro - pg. 265 - 1986
I Move To The City Of San Pedro - pg. 259
Be Angry At San Pedro - pg. 263
The Wrong Way - pg. 255
Her Only Son - pg. 253 - 1985
Then I Know Why - pg. 251
It's Just Me - pg. 247
That's Who Sent Them - pg. 246
Now You Know Why We Kiss The Wall - pg. 244
Repeat - pg. 242
In Memory Of A Dead Jock - pg. 240
My Failure - pg. 238
Horses Don't Bet On People And Neither Do I - pg. 236 - 1980
A Great Place, Here - pg. 234 - 1978
Out Of Place - pg. 232 - 1983
Panasonic - pg. 231 - 1977
Urban War - pg. 225
Good Pay - pg. 227 - 1981
One Of Those Crazy Nights - pg. 223
It's All Right - pg. 222
Pick-Up - pg. 220 - 1981
He Died April 9, 1553 - pg. 218 - 1982
You Know Who's Best - pg. 217
Macho Hell - pg. 215
No Wonder - pg. 213
Divorce - pg. 210 - 1982
The Theory Of The Leisure Class - pg. 209 - circa 1991
Long Sad Story - pg. 207
First Day, First Job - pg. 204
The Eternal Horseplayers - pg. 203 - 1982
The Doomed Lady Poet - pg. 201 - 1977
I Can't See Anything - pg. 198 - 1972
Not Exactly The Sun - pg. 199 - 1977
My Nudie Dancer - pg. 189
The Word - pg. 187 - 1975
Sometimes When You Get The Blues There's A Reason - pg. 186 - 1984
Life, Death, Love, Art - pg. 178 - 1982
Pain Like A Black-And-White Snapshot - pg. 176 - 1981
The Pro - pg. 173 - circa 1986
Two Cats Asleep Downstairs And Death Itself No Problem - pg. 172
Progress - pg. 167
Carter - pg. 169 - 1982
Exactly Right - pg. 164 - 1985
My Telephone - pg. 162 - 1983
Ground Zero - pg. 161 - 1982
Shack Jobs - pg. 160 - 1985
Now The Professors - pg. 155 - 1970
The Hatchet Job - pg. 158 - 1984
Never Look - pg. 153 - 1985
Fame Of A Sort - pg. 152
The Closing Of The Bottomless Bar - pg. 150 - circa 1974
The Light - pg. 148
The Saddest Words I Ever Heard - pg. 146
Casablanca - pg. 143
This Drunk - pg. 141 - 1972
Counterpoint - pg. 139
3 Pairs Of Panties - pg. 140 - 1975
Punched-Out - pg. 137 - 1984
Bar Chatter - pg. 135
Beaujolais Jadot - pg. 133 - 1982
2 Deaths - pg. 129
Schoolyards Of Forever - pg. 130
The Machine Gunner - pg. 127
Shut Out - pg. 126 - 1982
The Death Of The Snowman - pg. 121 - 1982
The Cosmic Joke - pg. 119 - 1975
Heartache - pg. 115 - 1978
I Cause Some Remarkable Creativity - pg. 117
American Literature II - pg. 114 - 1980
My Girlfriend Says It's All So Easy - pg. 112
4 Cops - pg. 110 - 1980
Out Of The Money - pg. 108 - 1983
Sit And Endure - pg. 107
A Drink To That - pg. 105 - circa 1978
She Caught It On The Fly - pg. 104 - 1975
Room 22 - pg. 100 - circa 1982
One For The Road - pg. 99
My Cat, The Writer - pg. 96 - 1986
It's All Music - pg. 95 - 1980
The Main Course - pg. 92 - 1982
Up, Down And All Around - pg. 91 - 1990
I Was Wrong - pg. 88
Media - pg. 85 - 1982
Rogue's Gallery - pg. 82 - 1982
Brando - pg. 80
Gothic And Etc. - pg. 78 - 1982
A Definition - pg. 75 - 1975
The Counter Revolution - pg. 70 - 1982
40 Years Ago - pg. 66 - 1984
The Automobiles Of Delongpre - pg. 65 - 1970
It Beats Love - pg. 64 - 1975
Love Dead Like A Crushed Fly - pg. 58 - 1985
Back To The Machinegun - pg. 57 - 1981
1810 - 1856 - pg. 56 - 1980
The Priest - pg. 54 - 1983
Christ In His Manger - pg. 49 - circa 1978
A Fan - pg. 48 - 1974
Funny Man - pg. 45 - 1978
Too Tough To Care - pg. 43
Centuries Of Lies - pg. 41 - 1983
Albums - pg. 38 - 1985
Makeover - pg. 40 - 1983
Carson McCullers - pg. 35 - 1981
A Happening - pg. 36 - 1985
A Lady Who Wants To Help - pg. 33 - 1986
The Fight Game - pg. 30
It Was Just A Little While Ago - pg. 29
Luck From A Kitchen - pg. 27
His Cap - pg. 25 - 1982
1966 Volkswagen Minivan - pg. 23 - 1977
And The Fish With The Yellow Eyes And The Green Tail Fins Leaped Into The Volcano - pg. 21 - circa 1993
Where Was Jane? - pg. 19 - 1984
One Writer's Funeral - pg. 15
Beagle - pg. 17 - circa 1961
A Smile To Remember - pg. 18 - 1983

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