Hardheaded Weather: New and Selected Poems
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Cornelius Eady's new poems show him in full control of his considerable talents and displaying a rich maturity as he enters midlife. His poems are sly, unsentimental, and witty, full of truths that are intimate and profound.Hardheaded Weather ranges widely, reflecting the newfound responsibilities Eady has assumed as he transitions from urban renter to nonplussed rural homeowner, as well as the sobering influence of war and the intimation of his own mortality. Yet even at his angriest, the poet has always had a depth of compassion rare in our polarized age, with a sense of humor that is both sophisticated and demotic. These poems will resonate deeply.As exciting as the new poems are, his selected earlier poems dazzle, too, as they demonstrate the arc of Cornelius Eady's maturation and the originality of his voice. Taken together, Hardheaded Weather forms a moving—and sometimes searing —testament to the power of poetry.The Washington Post Book World - Darryl LorenzoHe knows how to strike to the center of a poem, fire a song and link the sparks together into an effective whole, stopping exactly at the point where the jagged edge whets the reader's appetite for more.
Lucky House: New Poems (1999-2007)Lucky House 3The White Couch 5Honeymoon 11Cairo, NY 12First Nights 14Handymen 17The Hammer 18Migration 21Recycling 23Hardheaded Weather 24Pre-War 26Outside 26Lucky House 27Our House Is Yours 28Digging Out 29The Brakes 29The Tenants 32Translation 35Feast 36Test Drive 38Walk 40The Way a Long Dress Turns a Corner 43Communion 45Nina's Blues 46The Later Songs of Billie Holiday 47John Henry's Hammer 48A Small Story That Involves Me 48Dead Man Rides Subway 49Manchild 49How to Do 50Nature Poem 53The Ghost, the Mountain 56From Kartunes (1980)Discourse of the Young Poet 63The Thief 64Testimony of the Drunk Asleep on the Couch 65Success 66The Van Gogh Variation 66The Idiot Falls in Love 67Hawker 68From The Modern World (unpublished manuscript, 1981)The Professor Tries to Inspire His Poetry Students 73Knowledge 75Living with Genius 76White Socks 77The Corpse Before the Library of Knowledge 79Charlie Chaplin Impersonates a Poet 80Insomnia 81An Uncomfortable Moment with Eve 82Newborn 83U.S. Involvement in "Latin America" 84The House of Misfits 85Amelia Earhart in Paradise 87Thomas Edison, Trying to Prevent the Bottling of His Last Breath 88Atomic Prayer 89The Revisionist 90From Victims of the Latest Dance Craze (1986)Dance at the Amherst County Public Library 95April 97November 98January 99Piano Concert 100Crows in a Strong Wind 101Jack Johnson Does the Eagle Rock 102The Dance 103Aerial Ballet 104Miss Johnson Dances for the First Time 105Johnny Laces Up His RedShoes 107Radio 108The Good Look 109My Mother, If She Had Won Free Dance Lessons 111The Poetic Interpretation of the Twist 113Jazz Dancer 115Victims of the Latest Dance Craze 117From The Gathering of My Name (1991)The Grin 123The Wrong Street 124Why Do So Few Blacks Study Creative Writing? 125Song 126Sherbet 128Alabama, c. 1963: A Ballad by John Coltrane 131Leadbelly 132Muddy Waters & the Chicago Blues 133Thelonious Monk 133William Carlos Williams 135The Supremes 135Gratitude 137From You Don't Miss Your Water (1995)I Know (I'm Losing You) 147A Little Bit of Soap 147One Kind Favor 148Soothe Me 149A Rag, a Bone, and a Hank of Hair 149All God's Dangers 150Money (That's What I Want) 151Motherless Children 151Papa Was a Rolling Stone 152The Chapel of Love 153I Just Wanna Testify 154Deuce and a Quarter 155You Don't Miss Your Water 156From The Autobiography of a Jukebox (1997)I'm a Fool to Love You 161Almost Grown 162Leavin' Trunk 163Santa Claus (come straight to the ghetto) 164Why Was I Born? A Duet Between John Coltrane & Kenny Burrell 165Photo of Miles Davis at Lennie's-on-the-Turnpike, 1968 166Chuck Berry 167Youngblood 169From Brutal Imagination (2001)Brutal Imagination 177How I Got Born 179My Heart 179Who Am I? 180Sightings 181My Face 183Where Am I? 184The Law 185One True Thing 186Composite 187Charles Stuart in the Hospital 188Uncle Tom in Heaven 190What I'm Made Of 191What the Sheriff Suspects 192Next of Kin 193What Is Known About the Abductor 194What Isn't Known About the Abductor 195Sympathy 196Confession 197Birthing 199
