Heaven & Earth Holding Company
Heaven & Earth Holding Company
JOHN HODGEN
Series: Pitt Poetry Series
Copyright Date: 2010
Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp
Pages: 84
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5hjqcp
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Heaven & Earth Holding Company
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"Heaven & Earth Holding Companycontains a plentitude of delights. Like little stories told in the night, these poems are clear narratives crossed by mysterious shadows. And Hodgen's tone occupies a singular place at the intersection of funky wit and true feeling."-Billy Collins

eISBN: 978-0-8229-9102-1
Subjects: Language & Literature
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. i-vi)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.1
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. vii-x)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.2
  3. I … must i remember? …
    • Undiscovering America
      Undiscovering America (pp. 3-3)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.3
    • Girl with Her Tongue Stuck Out
      Girl with Her Tongue Stuck Out (pp. 4-4)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.4
    • Just a Tranquil Darker
      Just a Tranquil Darker (pp. 5-5)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.5
    • When Dylan Left Hibbing, Minnesota, August 1959
      When Dylan Left Hibbing, Minnesota, August 1959 (pp. 6-6)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.6
    • High Tide
      High Tide (pp. 7-7)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.7
    • Romance
      Romance (pp. 8-8)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.8
    • Keats
      Keats (pp. 9-9)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.9
    • Upon Reading in Elmore Leonard’s The Hot Kid that Church Pews in the 1930s Were Made by Convicts
      Upon Reading in Elmore Leonard’s The Hot Kid that Church Pews in the 1930s Were Made by Convicts (pp. 10-10)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.10
    • Killing Mice, December
      Killing Mice, December (pp. 11-11)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.11
    • Sorrow
      Sorrow (pp. 12-12)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.12
    • Watson
      Watson (pp. 13-13)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.13
    • Upon Reading that Abraham Lincoln Spent His Summer Nights as President at a Cottage on the Grounds of the Soldiers’ Home on the Outskirts of Washington rather than at the White House, and that He and Edwin M. Stanton, His Secretary of War, Spent the Better Part of One Evening in 1864 Freeing Two Peacocks that Had Become Entangled in a Tree
      Upon Reading that Abraham Lincoln Spent His Summer Nights as President at a Cottage on the Grounds of the Soldiers’ Home on the Outskirts of Washington rather than at the White House, and that He and Edwin M. Stanton, His Secretary of War, Spent the Better Part of One Evening in 1864 Freeing Two Peacocks that Had Become Entangled in a Tree (pp. 14-14)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.14
    • Love Field
      Love Field (pp. 15-15)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.15
    • Poem to Be Read at 30,000 Feet
      Poem to Be Read at 30,000 Feet (pp. 16-16)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.16
    • Man Drowns
      Man Drowns (pp. 17-17)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.17
    • Overflow
      Overflow (pp. 18-18)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.18
    • Witness
      Witness (pp. 19-19)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.19
    • Them Shoes
      Them Shoes (pp. 20-20)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.20
    • Elvis, 1955
      Elvis, 1955 (pp. 21-21)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.21
    • On the Occasion of My Two-Year-Old Granddaughter’s First Attempts at an Elvis Impression, I Recall the Difficulties of Her Birth
      On the Occasion of My Two-Year-Old Granddaughter’s First Attempts at an Elvis Impression, I Recall the Difficulties of Her Birth (pp. 22-22)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.22
  4. II … crawling between …
    • At the Optometrist’s Office
      At the Optometrist’s Office (pp. 25-25)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.23
    • Night Rain
      Night Rain (pp. 26-26)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.24
    • After the Reading, Driving Back to Massachusetts with Jim Beschta, I Think of the Men Who Hold the World in Their Hands
      After the Reading, Driving Back to Massachusetts with Jim Beschta, I Think of the Men Who Hold the World in Their Hands (pp. 27-28)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.25
    • Sleep Comes to Mary Todd Lincoln
      Sleep Comes to Mary Todd Lincoln (pp. 29-29)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.26
    • Driving Back from Crotched Mountain, Winter Storm, New Year’s Eve
      Driving Back from Crotched Mountain, Winter Storm, New Year’s Eve (pp. 30-30)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.27
    • Brief History
      Brief History (pp. 31-31)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.28
    • For the Man with the Erection Lasting More than Four Hours
      For the Man with the Erection Lasting More than Four Hours (pp. 32-32)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.29
    • Upon Reading that a Noisy Cloth Factory Separated the Family Homes of Sandro Botticelli and Amerigo Vespucci
      Upon Reading that a Noisy Cloth Factory Separated the Family Homes of Sandro Botticelli and Amerigo Vespucci (pp. 33-33)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.30
    • On Bethlehem’s Plain
      On Bethlehem’s Plain (pp. 34-34)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.31
    • Look, Look
      Look, Look (pp. 35-35)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.32
    • For Lou Bishop, the Drunk Who Lived up the Road
      For Lou Bishop, the Drunk Who Lived up the Road (pp. 36-37)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.33
    • History
      History (pp. 38-40)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.34
    • Throwing Out the Marriage Bed
      Throwing Out the Marriage Bed (pp. 41-41)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.35
    • Teachers
      Teachers (pp. 42-42)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.36
    • News
      News (pp. 43-43)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.37
    • Lisbon
      Lisbon (pp. 44-44)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.38
    • Sirhan Sirhan
      Sirhan Sirhan (pp. 45-45)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.39
    • The Grief Counselor’s Day Off
      The Grief Counselor’s Day Off (pp. 46-46)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.40
    • Finding My Dead Father at the Worcester Art Museum
      Finding My Dead Father at the Worcester Art Museum (pp. 47-48)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.41
  5. III … in your philosophy…
    • Girl on the People Mover
      Girl on the People Mover (pp. 51-51)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.42
    • Cross-Country
      Cross-Country (pp. 52-52)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.43
    • Yale
      Yale (pp. 53-53)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.44
    • Saints
      Saints (pp. 54-54)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.45
    • Bootleg
      Bootleg (pp. 55-56)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.46
    • Mr. Muckle
      Mr. Muckle (pp. 57-58)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.47
    • Upon Reading on a Flight from Atlanta the Latest Slang Term for the Act of Defecation
      Upon Reading on a Flight from Atlanta the Latest Slang Term for the Act of Defecation (pp. 59-59)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.48
    • Upon Seeing a Former Lover Pull Up Next to Me at the Intersection of Metaphysics Lane and Memorial Drive
      Upon Seeing a Former Lover Pull Up Next to Me at the Intersection of Metaphysics Lane and Memorial Drive (pp. 60-60)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.49
    • Upon Reading a Poem Entitled “Upon Seeing a Former Lover Pull Up Next to Me at the Intersection of Metaphysics Lane and Memorial Drive”
      Upon Reading a Poem Entitled “Upon Seeing a Former Lover Pull Up Next to Me at the Intersection of Metaphysics Lane and Memorial Drive” (pp. 61-61)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.50
    • On Hardly Ever Hearing Anyone Say Boy, Howdy Anymore
      On Hardly Ever Hearing Anyone Say Boy, Howdy Anymore (pp. 62-63)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.51
    • Easter
      Easter (pp. 64-64)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.52
    • Blind Boy, Fourth of July
      Blind Boy, Fourth of July (pp. 65-65)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.53
    • London Letter after the Subway Bombing
      London Letter after the Subway Bombing (pp. 66-67)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.54
    • Dog Dying
      Dog Dying (pp. 68-68)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.55
    • Jackstaff, Jackstraw (tack and jib)
      Jackstaff, Jackstraw (tack and jib) (pp. 69-69)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.56
    • Upon Reading that Tatiana Yakovleva, Mayakovsky’s Lover, Separated from Him by the Stalin Purges, Had Married and Was Four Months Pregnant when Mayakovsky Killed Himself
      Upon Reading that Tatiana Yakovleva, Mayakovsky’s Lover, Separated from Him by the Stalin Purges, Had Married and Was Four Months Pregnant when Mayakovsky Killed Himself (pp. 70-70)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.57
    • Declaration
      Declaration (pp. 71-72)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.58
  6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (pp. 73-73)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.59
  7. Back Matter
    Back Matter (pp. 74-75)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqcp.60