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Tongue & Groove

by Stephen Cramer

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ISBN13: 9780252074738
ISBN10: 0252074734
Condition: Standard
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Inspired and informed by the music and urban landscape of New York City, Tongue & Groove employs jazzy and descriptive language in a sweep of city-life experiences and memories. A passionate rendering of incidents in spaces that include the subway, a school for the handicapped, and The Museum of Modern Art, Stephen Cramer employs richly sensual language and a wide range of imagery. Alluring portrayals of butterfly migrations, graffiti, and city buses complement this collection’s connection to the everyday hoots, shouts, and yammer of the streets.

 

--or you can open

your mouth & stick out

 

your tongue,

take that fugitive impulse

from the artist’s hand

straight into your very gut

 

& maybe find out along the way

if the lime-green

 

of that inverted roof

& the burnt almond

of the filling station’s

roadside grasses

 

live up to their names.

--from “Taste”

About the Author

Stephen Cramer is the author of Shiva’s Drum and a National Poetry Series winner.

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dahlia1, November 3, 2007 (view all comments by dahlia1)
The most beautifully sincere poems you will ever read.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780252074738
Author:
Cramer, Stephen
Publisher:
University of Illinois Press
Subject:
American - General
Subject:
Single Author / American
Series:
Illinois Poetry
Publication Date:
November 2007
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
96
Dimensions:
8.28x6.06x.28 in. .30 lbs.

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