Poetica No Apologia Arte Kumbaya; 1. MegaEverything; Birth Marks; MegaEverything; I Dreamt I Wrote a Poem About Jazz; The Religious Significance of the Super Ball; Final/Not Final; The Laying on of Hands; Approaching and Passing an Epiphany; The Dark Miracle; Lip Gloss, Belgium; Hit and Run; One Word; On Tears; Making a Case for the Letter; 2. Foundation; Foundation; 3. One Arm Raised; The Geography of Detroit; Company Men; One Arm Raised; Feed Corn; Record Accumulation; Exterior with Quiet; Taking the Leap; Church Reform; Those of Us Without AC; Treaty; 4. Love Poem with Pesticide. and Love Poem with PesticideRiding the Bench; My Two Aunts; The Family Price; Good Reception; 45 RPM: Side A/Side B; Recreational Trail; The Worn Knees and Elbows of My Alcoholic Uncles; Watching Another Drug Bust; Boxing Toward the Promised Land; The Gravity of Math; Cosmetic; Listening to "96 Tears" by? and the Mysterians While Looking Down from My Third-Floor Window at a Kid Crossing the Panther Hollow Bridge; Elegy for the Nasty Neighbor; Souvenir; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Colophon.
Summary
Daniels' fourteenth collection delves into the streets of Detroit and Pittsburgh as they fight for survival in a post-industrial world.
