THE PROSE POEM: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

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1 THE PROSE POEM: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL Volume Frontmatter Providence College The author(s) permits users to copy, distribute, display, and perform this work under the following conditions: (1) the original author(s) must be given proper attribution; (2) this work may not be used for commercial purposes; (3) the users may not alter, transform, or build upon this work; (4) users must make the license terms of this work clearly known for any reuse or distribution of this work. Upon request, as holder of this work s copyright, the author(s) may waive any or all of these conditions. The Prose Poem: An International Journal is produced by The Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress) for the Providence College Digital Commons.

2 THE PROSE POEM: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL Volume 1 Editor: Peter Johnson Assistant Editor: Karen Klingon Essay Editor: Richard Murphy Staff: Michael Adamowicz, Lisa Ayers, and James Carroll

3 Copyright 1992 by Providence College The Prose Poem: An International Journal is published annually by Providence College. A one-year subscription is available for $8. All correspondence and subscriptions should be directed to: Peter Johnson The Prose Poem: An International Journal English Department Providence College Providence, RI With submissions, please include a one or two sentence biographical note. Manuscripts will be considered only between April 1 and July 1 of each year. No manuscripts unaccompanied by SASE will be returned. Cover design by Robert Booth & Peter Johnson Typesetting by Robert Booth Printed by McNaughton & Gunn, Inc.

4 TABLE OF CONTENTS Peter Johnson 5 Robert Bly 9 Jack Anderson 10 Jane Blue 12 John Bradley 13 John Bradley 14 Michael Chitwood 15 Michael Chitwood 16 James Cushing 17 Craig Czury 18 Tony D'Arpino 19 Jon Davis 20 Jon Davis 22 Jon Davis 24 Jon Davis 26 Russell Edson 27 Russell Edson 28 Russell Edson 29 Nikos Engonopoulos 30 Nikos Engonopoulos 31 Val Gerstle 32 Sid Gold 33 Miriam Goodman 34 Leo Haber 35 Richard Hague 37 Richard Hague 38 S.C. Hahn 39 David Ignatow 40 David Ignatow 41 David Ignatow 42 Gyula Illyes 43 Sybil James 44 Sybil James 45 Brian Johnson 46 Jim Johnson 47 Jim Johnson 48 Carolyn Kremers 49 P.H. Liotta 51 Gian Lombardo 53 Gian Lombardo 54 Introduction Warning To The Reader The Somnambulists' Hotel The Bee Man Yellow Grass The Accident Heft Of The Afternoon Lovers Blues In The Night Physics The Sequel To Moby Dick Relativity Blues The Bait The Frogs Bread Cock-A-Doodle-Doo One Man's Story Maria Of The Night The Shipwrecks' Cabal Mom Told Me To Grow Up And Win The Nobel Prize There Shopping Trip On Hearing Mendelssohn's Oratorio Elijah Snail How It Is In Fishing Missing Entries From A Polish- English Dictionary Implicated Proud Of Myself In A Dream Successful Effort Le Nouveau Temps October Lambs The School The Things A Man Keeps Spruce Hen Backcountry Unit #12 A Poem For Ahab Light Singing Before The Earth Droughtmonger

5 Arlene Mandell 55 Monica Mansour 56 Raymond Marsocci 57 Kathleen McGookey 58 Hermine Meinhard 59 Robert Miltner 60 Robert Miltner 61 Gregory Natt 62 Nina Nyhart 63 Nina Nyhart 64 Imre Oravecz 65 Imre Oravecz 66 Donna Prinzmetal 68 Leland Ray 71 Ellen Smith 72 Brian Swann 73 Brian Swann 74 Diane Wald 75 Jan Wellington 76 Tom Whalen 79 Tom Whalen 80 TomWhalen 81 Steve Wilson 82 Peter Wortsman 83 Peter Wortsman 84 Peter Wortsman 85 C.D.Wright 86 Gene Zeiger 87 Turning The Key From Desnudol Aguafuerte Resurrection Lying About Money A Piece Of Lightning A Shoebox Hypothermia Judgment Day Worm At The Grave How Many I Remember Clearly The Chant Cemetery, Chapel Of The Cross, Flora, Mississippi A Parisian Dinner Simplification The Director Positive Negative Mystery Lives Even In New Jersey Rooftops It's So Nice The Next Morning Solicitude The Riddle Of The Sphinx A Postcard From Cairo Racing To Istanbul Song Of The Gourd Heaven: A Definition Contributors 88