Songs of Imperfection
by Moss, StanleyFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-05-01
Publisher(s): Anvil Press Poetry
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Summary
"The poetry of the ages is an argument with God, so it is said; but not many poets attempt it today. Stanley Moss does."-Hayden Carruth One of America's finest living poets, Stanley Moss manages to combine the quotidian and the fabulous, the political and the personal, high art and low comedy, light and dark, achieving an effect that is often surreal and always striking. Both serious and optimistic, Songs of Imperfection is an uplifting and celebratory book.
Author Biography
Stanley Moss was born in New York City. He was educated at Trinity College and Yale University. He makes his living as a private art dealer, largely in Spanish and Italian old masters, and is the publisher and editor of The Sheep Meadow Press, a non-profit press devoted to poetry.
Table of Contents
| A History of Color | 11 | (6) | |
| To My Friend Born Blind | 17 | (1) | |
| Imperfection | 18 | (1) | |
| Subway Token | 19 | (1) | |
| The Blanket | 20 | (1) | |
| The Falcon | 21 | (2) | |
| Babies | 23 | (2) | |
| Praise | 25 | (2) | |
| Chinese Prayer | 27 | (1) | |
| Heart Work | 28 | (2) | |
| The Lost Brother | 30 | (1) | |
| Prophecy | 31 | (1) | |
| Creed | 32 | (1) | |
| Beauty Is Not Easy | 33 | (1) | |
| The Last Judgment | 34 | (2) | |
| Song of Alphabets | 36 | (2) | |
| The Great Tree | 38 | (2) | |
| A Refreshment | 40 | (1) | |
| The Film Critic Imaginaire | 41 | (1) | |
| Hot News, Stale News | 42 | (1) | |
| The Black Maple | 43 | (1) | |
| The Celestial Fox | 44 | (1) | |
| Post-Surgery Song | 45 | (1) | |
| September 11: A Fable | 46 | (1) | |
| A Dentist | 47 | (1) | |
| The Watch | 48 | (1) | |
| Song of an Imaginary Arab | 49 | (2) | |
| The Oldest Brother | 51 | (2) | |
| For Virginia on Her 90th Birthday | 53 | (1) | |
| An American Hero | 54 | (3) | |
| Letter to an Unknown | 57 | (1) | |
| Alexander Fu | 58 | (1) | |
| Alexander's First Battle | 59 | (1) | |
| Alexander Fu to Stanley | 60 | (1) | |
| A Riff for Sidney Bechet | 61 | (1) | |
| Dark Clouds | 62 | (1) | |
| 2002, Alas | 63 | (1) | |
| An Argument | 64 | (1) | |
| June 21st | 65 | (1) | |
| A Satyr's Complaint | 66 | (2) | |
| Song | 68 | (1) | |
| The Startling | 69 | (1) | |
| Uncertain Weather | 70 | (2) | |
| Return to Rome | 72 | (1) | |
| Wedding Invitation | 73 | (1) | |
| To My Son's Wife on Her Wedding Day | 74 | (1) | |
| The Good Shepherd | 75 | (1) | |
| Psalm | 76 | (1) | |
| A Fall | 77 | (1) | |
| Romance | 78 | (1) | |
| An Ancient Tale | 79 | (4) | |
| Satyr Songs | 83 | (4) | |
| Phaeton | 87 | (6) | |
| In the Rain | 93 | (2) | |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR | 95 |
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