These pieces were written to follow the
lines, rhythms and images of poems by Beth Roberts and are numbered
according to their placement in the collection "Brief
Moral History in Blue" (New Issues Poetry & Prose, 2001). Click the * to read the
poems..
01 Horseshoe
Crab * 02 Lives
of Things *
04 Nasturtium *
05 Tutti
Frutti * 06 Keep
House *
07 Cartoon * 08 Late
Orpheus and Recent Eurydice *
12 The
Zone at the End of Summer * 14 The
Narrow Escape *
16 Your
Keep * 17 Burned
House * 19 Blue
Tick *
20 Crash
Course * 22 Mind
Makeup * 23 Year's
End *
24 Near
Miss * 25 The
Real Thing * 27 Tangential
North *
30 Desire
Right * 31 The
Cutting Edge * 35
Worth *
36 Could
You Find It in Your Heart * 37 A
Thing of Beauty *
38 Concentration * 39
First
Map * 40 God's
Country *
41 Instrumental * 42 Eli * 44 True
to Form *
46 Loss
Glossary (Abbrev.) *
47 Perfect
Machine *
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