Fables for the modern age.
Part of the National Poetry Series.
David Friedman is a graduate of Cornell University and Columbia University. He lives in New York City.
Contents:
Whirlwind
Dreamer
Flugelhorn
The Green Bear Shanghaied
Altimeter
The Past
Chef
Magda
Heliotrope
Dishabille
Ladder
The Welcome
Typewriter
Cricket
"In the Fullness of Time"
A Reincarnation
Missing Person
Panama
Pilgrim
Seasons
Tomfoolery
Antelope School
Shoe
Time Poem
Varlet
Tourniquet
The Little Pastor
Back From Exile
Point of No Return
Advice
Bluestocking
Skydiver
27 and 1/2
A Brace of Firearms
Who I Am
Three
Parade
Mudflats
Nepenthe
Coffee
The Box
The One True Believer
A Reunion
On the Bridge
Rock
Born in England
Bird of Paradise
A Meeting
Flight
Love Poem
The Key
Watson
5
Shuteye
A Mystery
Trust Me
Statistics
To Be Part of a House
Fortuitous
Strictly Speaking
