by Peter Makuck
New Poets of America
Series
"On
the basis of memory Peter Makuck has built us his world.
The poetry is in the building, the use of language, intimate,
exact, colorful. Each poem has its on reality, its own unexpected
and moving truth."
--Louis
Simpson
Nights
Next
door, he climbs under
A
jacked-up Chevy with a droplight.
His
girl rags off
The
silver tools before passing them under.
Tire-scream
and glasspack-rumble.
The
concerto in my room goes weak.
But
when they quit
It's
a black quiet.
I
lie down and my mind gets up
In
its sleep.
At
my kitchen table
He
leans over a blank page --
Cut hands and cracked nails
Rimmed
with slim moons of dirt.
He
is mocking
Up
a list of my loves:
The
click of well-seated valves,
A
good rock beat for the drags,
A
girl beside me,
The
beautiful poor white girl
Who
will litter me kids,
Adjust
the light, shadows for make-up.
Available editions:
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Cloth
ISBN: 0-918526-40-x
Price: $14.00
Publishing Date: January 1982
Paperback
ISBN: 0-918526-41-8
Price: $7.00
Publishing Date: January 1982
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