[explicit lyrics]: Poems (Miller Williams Poetry Prize)

Synopsis

As The Title Indicates, These Poems Are Lyrics - Musings On The Small Decisions Required By Existence In The Modern World. They Contain The Grand Themes Of Art - -life, Love, And Mortality - But Not Where You Expect. The Smallest And Most Mundane Objects Become The Catalyst For Reevaluating Our Roles In Society And The World. This Is Not Poetry As Art. This Is Life As Art, From A Country Where Poetry Is The Only Language. Series Editor's Preface -- Dead Mouse -- Hiroshige -- Nail -- Lightbulb -- Lightbulb -- Kayak For Sale -- I Have Suffered -- Babel -- Laundry -- Crow -- Mosquito -- Out Of Sleep -- How To Clean An Oil-slicked Penguin -- Repairs -- On Beauty -- No Sign Of Relief In Sight -- Healing -- Overheard -- January Thaw -- Glass Of Milk -- Rock -- Evolution Of Rock -- Shopping Cart -- Seven Juncos In The Backyard -- Candidate -- Spilled Milk -- Plant -- Reading A Chinese Poet -- Crow -- Movies -- Don't Tell Me About Love -- Political Poem -- Saying -- Dreams -- Wake -- Old Age -- Inner City -- Weather -- Depression -- Pornography -- Windows -- How His Girlfriend Said Goodbye -- A Good Word -- Aftermath -- Meat -- Interlude -- History -- Dust -- Telling Stories -- My Life As A Video Game -- Self-portrait At Fifty -- What We Know Of The Story So Far -- Solitude -- Three Variations On Li Po -- Old Enough To Know Better -- Theoretical -- Artist: Unknown -- My Rival -- Snake Bite -- Prayer -- Aphorisms -- After Li Bai -- Pencil -- Scissors -- Brick -- Ghazal -- Haiku -- My Feelings -- Fox -- There's No Title To This -- Outlook -- Notes. Poems By Andrew Gent. Miller William Poetry Prize, 2016