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Bat Ode

The poems in Bat Ode speak to the way we live today and how it feels to occupy such a mongrel, fast-changing, postmodern world. Yet rather than breaking with the linguistic or poetic past, these poems seem to renew it with a fresh vision. Jeredith Merrin’s sense of humor, her formal poise, her heart and wit, situate her as one of our most convincing social poets.

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80 pages | 6-1/8 x 8-1/2 | © 2001

Phoenix Poets

Poetry

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
I
Family Reunion
Zoo Bus
Long Distance
Day Trip
Dear Edward Lear I Love Your
An American Classic
II
Tulpenwoede
Depression
Film Noir
Impediments
Hotel Breakfast with an Old Classmate
Southern CA
Ugetsu
From a Summer Porch
III
Bat Ode
Downtown Diner
At the College Yesterday
Memo
New Apartment
The Attic
Sweeping
Norway Maple, Cut Down

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