James Richardson is . . . a poet who earned his reputation as a master of imagery and concision."The Christian Science Monitor Cover -- Title Page -- Note to Reader -- Dedication -- Contents -- I. Bit Parts -- Northwest Passage -- In Shakespeare --...
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James Richardson is . . . a poet who earned his reputation as a master of imagery and concision."The Christian Science Monitor Cover -- Title Page -- Note to Reader -- Dedication -- Contents -- I. Bit Parts -- Northwest Passage -- In Shakespeare -- Special Victims Unit -- Subject, Verb, Object -- Emergency Measures -- Metallurgy for Dummies -- Head-On -- Iron Age -- Classic Bar Scenes -- I. Apollo at Happy Hour -- II. Ovidian Deposition -- III. Pygmalion among the Young -- IV. Twilight of a God -- V. Orpheus at Last Call -- VI. Apollo in Age -- Zeus: A Press Conference -- State-Sponsored -- Echo -- Bit Parts -- The God Who -- II. Vectors 3.0: Even More Aphorisms and Ten-Second Essays -- III. By the Numbers -- By the Numbers -- Birds in Rain -- Are We Alone? or Physics You Can Do at Home -- Prokaryotes -- The Stars in Order Of -- Origin of Language -- Songs for Senility -- Room Temperature -- IV. Small Hours -- Shore Town, Winter -- Tableau -- Postmortem Georgic -- Night Lights -- (1977â ) -- Blackout -- The Rich Man Sotto Voce -- To a Tea -- Slice of Life -- Who Has Seen the Wind -- Red, Green, Blue -- Star -- Reading Light -- Roads Not Taken -- Roads Taken -- End of Summer -- Notes -- About the Author -- Acknowledgments -- Copyright