Poetry Magazine
Table of Contents
February 2009
Cover art: Tony Fitzpatrick, detail from "Red Diamond Horse," 2008.
POEMS
PROSE
- Poetry Can Be Any Damn Thing It Wants
Introduction to a collection of eight manifestos commemorating the centennial of Italian futurists.
- Manifesto of the Flying Mallet
Second in a series of eight manifestos.
- The Final Manifesto
First in a series of eight manifestos.
- A Change of Heart
A review of Third Day, New and Selected Poems by Grey Gowrie
- Do I Dare Disturb the Universe?
A review of The Kingdom of Ordinary Time by Marie Howe and The Earth in the Attic by Fady Joudah.
- Presto Manifesto!
Seventh in a series of eight manifestos.
- The New Perform-A-Form: A Page Vs. Stage Alliance
Sixth in a series of eight manifestos.
- Annie Get Your Gun
Fifth in a series of eight manifestos.
- Struggling to Stay Above Water
A portfolio of visual work responding to Hurricane Katrina by artist and poet Tony Fitzpatrick.
- The Eighties, Glory Of
Fourth in a series of eight manifestos.
- Manifest Aversions, Conceptual Conundrums, & Implausibly Deniable Links
Third in a series of eight manifestos.
- The Upside of Terror?
A review of Compass of Affection by Scott Cairns and Yellowrocket by Todd Boss.
- Devastation and Digression
A review of Colosseum by Katie Ford and A Most Marvelous Piece of Luck by Greg Williamson.
- Leave the Manifesto Alone: A Manifesto
Eighth in a series of eight manifestos.
