THE PROSE POEM: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

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1 THE PROSE POEM: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL Volume Frontmatter Providence College The author(s) permits users to copy, distribute, display, and perform this work under the following conditions: (1) the original author(s) must be given proper attribution; (2) this work may not be used for commercial purposes; (3) the users may not alter, transform, or build upon this work; (4) users must make the license terms of this work clearly known for any reuse or distribution of this work. Upon request, as holder of this work s copyright, the author(s) may waive any or all of these conditions. The Prose Poem: An International Journal is produced by The Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress) for the Providence College Digital Commons.

2 Copyright 1997 by Providence College The Prose Poem: An International Journal is published annually by Providence College. Subscriptions: two-years, $12; one-year, $8; back issues, $4. Please make checks payable to Providence College. All correspondence and subscriptions should be directed to: Peter Johnson The Prose Poem: An International Journal English Department Providence College Providence, RI02918 Manuscripts will be considered only between January 1 and April 1 of each year. Unsolicited work submitted before January 1 will be returned. Please include an SASE and a two-sentence biographical note. Please send no more than 3 to 5 poems. Cover design by Robert Booth & Peter Johnson Layout & design by Robert Booth Printed by McNaughton & Gunn, Inc. Distributed in the United States by B. DeBoer, Inc., 113 E. Centre St., Rear, Nutley, NJ Indexed by the Index of American Periodical Verse (Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press). The Prose Poem: An International Journal's website can be found on Web Del Sol at Much thanks to Mike Neff for all of his work. In Volume 5, in Cecilia Woloch's poem "Custom," the first sentence of the poem should read, "Sometimes you wake up and find god in your shoes..." instead of "gold in your shoes." Our apologies.

3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Bert Almon 6 Life In Usonia Nin Andrews 7 Adolescence 8 The Day Auntie Lou Saw God Javant Biaruja 9 Gunung Bromo 10 Lawant (Hotel Niagara) Robert Bly 11 The Photograph Of The Man Who Looked Like My Father Michael Chitwood 12 Practicum Robert Clinton 13 Narcissus Russell Edson 15 The Goldilocks Compulsion 16 The Babies Odysseus Elytis 17 Famous Night Depth Clayton Eshleman 19 Constrictor Amy S. Fisher 20 Home Remedies Nick Foster 21 The City Richard Garcia 22 His Wife, Folded Gary Gildner 23 Days Of 1952 Egito Goncalves 24 Pendulum Of Feeling James Grabill 26 A Report On How It's Gotta Be Hard Bob Heman 27 Light Brian Henry 28 The Invitation Susan Holahan 29 Art David Ignatow 30 The Problem 31 Bus Ride George Kalamaras 32 The Preparation Of Bone Glue Paol Keineg 35 Tohu Julius Keleras 38 To snap the signpost... David Lazar 39 Black Box PH. Liotta 40 A Balkan Odyssey 42 The Weir Gian Lombardo 43 When In Rome 44 On A String Morton Marcus 45 The Stone Flowers 46 The People We Never Heard Of Dionisio D. Martinez 47 The Prodigal Son: Amnesty 48 The Prodigal Son Is Spotted On The Grassy Knoll

4 Michael Martone 49 A Village 50 A Resort Gwyn McVay 51 Terry-Cloth Mother, Wire Mother Gabriela Mistral 52 The Body 53 The Fig Kristy Nielsen 54 Self Portrait As My Father Cees Nooteboom 55 All day long... Nina Nyhart 56 War Stories William Olsen 57 Ars Vox Robert Perchan 58 Bachelorhood Francis Picabia 59 Ahead And Behind Joan Wolf Prefontaine 60 After Hearing Several Minnesota Women Describe Their Grandmothers Jacques Reda 61 It is no use reminding myself All sorts of rubbish The fair starts The sole aim of the world... Daryl Scroggins 65 Midstream Pantomime, Rio Grande Barry Silesky 66 Saved Jacques Sternberg 67 Knit-Wit Or, The Thread Of The Story Brian Swann 68 The Ball Carine Topal 69 My Name 70 Max In Egypt Chris Volpe 71 Not 'Why Build' But 'Which Tools' 72' Bridge Diane Wald 73 What Perhaps You Don't Understand Charles H. Webb 74 Trivial Pursuit Gail White 75 Charlemagne Sends A Proposal Of Marriage To The Empress Irene Of Byzantium M.L. Williams 76 Connemara Peter Wortsman 77 Looking Is A Faulty Glue Gary Young 78 Here in Missouri My mother wouldn't ride... Andrew Zawacki 80 Incognito

5 Donald L. Soucy John Bradley John Taylor Elizabeth Willis Brian Henry 81 David Ignatow's Against The Evidence: Selected Poems The Party Train: A Collection Of North American Prose Poetry, edited by Robert Alexander, Mark Vinz, and C.W. Truesdale A Curious Architecture: A Selection Of Contemporary Prose Poems, edited by Rupert Loydell and David Miller Models Of The Universe: An Anthology Of The Prose Poem, edited by Stuart Friebert and David Young 92 Jacques Reda's The Ruins Of Paris 96 Ken Smith's A Book Of Chinese Whispers 99 Kenneth Koch's Hotel Lambosa Jessica Treat's A Robber In The House Nin Andrews's The Book Of Orgasms 103 Gian Lombardo's Sky Open Again 107 Short Reviews 113 Selected Bibliography 117 Contributors