Insomnia Diary
Insomnia Diary
Bob Hicok
Series: Pitt Poetry Series
Copyright Date: 2004
Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5
Pages: 96
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5hjqd5
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Insomnia Diary
Book Description:

"The most potent ingredient in virtually every one of Bob Hicok's compact, well-turned poems is a laughter as old as humanity itself, a sweet waggery that suggests there's almost no problem that can't be solved by this poet's gentle humor."-New York Times Book Review

eISBN: 978-0-8229-9092-5
Subjects: Language & Literature
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. [i]-[vi])
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.1
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. [vii]-[x])
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.2
  3. Bottom of the ocean
    Bottom of the ocean (pp. 1-2)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.3
  4. Small purchase
    Small purchase (pp. 3-4)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.4
  5. The semantics of flowers on Memorial Day
    The semantics of flowers on Memorial Day (pp. 5-6)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.5
  6. Dropping the euphemism
    Dropping the euphemism (pp. 7-9)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.6
  7. Calling him back from layoff
    Calling him back from layoff (pp. 10-11)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.7
  8. My life with a gardener
    My life with a gardener (pp. 12-12)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.8
  9. Meeting Bill
    Meeting Bill (pp. 13-14)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.9
  10. An old story
    An old story (pp. 15-15)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.10
  11. The documentary art
    The documentary art (pp. 16-17)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.11
  12. Becoming bird
    Becoming bird (pp. 18-19)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.12
  13. Another awkward stage of convalescence
    Another awkward stage of convalescence (pp. 20-21)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.13
  14. The bald truth
    The bald truth (pp. 22-22)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.14
  15. After working sixty hours again for what reason
    After working sixty hours again for what reason (pp. 23-24)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.15
  16. Oath to my former life
    Oath to my former life (pp. 25-26)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.16
  17. Spirit ditty of no fax-line dial tone
    Spirit ditty of no fax-line dial tone (pp. 27-28)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.17
  18. Insomnia diary
    Insomnia diary (pp. 29-31)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.18
  19. Go Greyhound
    Go Greyhound (pp. 32-34)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.19
  20. Finally opening the anthology to Kunitz
    Finally opening the anthology to Kunitz (pp. 35-35)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.20
  21. Free-floating anxiety sounds like a pretty balloon
    Free-floating anxiety sounds like a pretty balloon (pp. 36-37)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.21
  22. Tuesday’s walk
    Tuesday’s walk (pp. 38-39)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.22
  23. 1935
    1935 (pp. 40-41)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.23
  24. American Studies
    American Studies (pp. 42-43)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.24
  25. Sur Coast diary
    Sur Coast diary (pp. 44-45)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.25
  26. Capital crime
    Capital crime (pp. 46-50)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.26
  27. Now and then I am direct
    Now and then I am direct (pp. 51-52)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.27
  28. Growing at the speed of fashion
    Growing at the speed of fashion (pp. 53-55)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.28
  29. Bars poetica
    Bars poetica (pp. 56-56)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.29
  30. Translator’s note
    Translator’s note (pp. 57-59)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.30
  31. Echo
    Echo (pp. 60-61)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.31
  32. Mortal shower
    Mortal shower (pp. 62-64)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.32
  33. Meteor shower
    Meteor shower (pp. 65-65)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.33
  34. Building a painting a home
    Building a painting a home (pp. 66-67)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.34
  35. Commission by attrition
    Commission by attrition (pp. 68-70)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.35
  36. Goodbye in the shape of a knot
    Goodbye in the shape of a knot (pp. 71-72)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.36
  37. The edge
    The edge (pp. 73-73)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.37
  38. Radical neck
    Radical neck (pp. 74-76)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.38
  39. It’s not so much the heat as the stupidity
    It’s not so much the heat as the stupidity (pp. 77-77)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.39
  40. Cure for the common cold
    Cure for the common cold (pp. 78-79)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.40
  41. Cutting edge
    Cutting edge (pp. 80-80)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.41
  42. Truth about love
    Truth about love (pp. 81-82)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.42
  43. Shopping at the ocean
    Shopping at the ocean (pp. 83-84)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.43
  44. Acknowledgments
    Acknowledgments (pp. 85-85)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.44
  45. Back Matter
    Back Matter (pp. 86-86)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjqd5.45