Skid
Skid
Dean Young
Series: Pitt Poetry Series
Copyright Date: 2002
Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19
Pages: 112
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5hjr19
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Skid
Book Description:

Dean Young is one of the premier surrealist poets writing today. InSkid, his fifth book of poems, social outrage vies with comic excess. He embraces the autobiographical urge with fury and musically lush exclamations. Whether through the dark facts of mortality or the celebratory surprises of the imagination, these poems proclaim vitality and alertness, wasting nothing. From Wile E. Coyote and the Roadrunner's "Meep! Meep!" to remembrances of lost loves and laments about the future, Young's poems reveal his faith in the genius of calamity and the redemptive power of fun.

eISBN: 978-0-8229-7935-7
Subjects: Language & Literature
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. i-vi)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.1
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. vii-2)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.2
  3. Sunflower
    Sunflower (pp. 3-4)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.3
  4. Bright Window
    Bright Window (pp. 5-6)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.4
  5. I Am But a Traveler in This Land & Know Little of Its Ways
    I Am But a Traveler in This Land & Know Little of Its Ways (pp. 7-9)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.5
  6. Torn Red Interior
    Torn Red Interior (pp. 10-11)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.6
  7. My People
    My People (pp. 12-13)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.7
  8. Howl Upone Eskaping, I Learne Mey Vehikle Is Not Sea-Worthie & Upone Mey Tragik Recapture & Longe Internmynt During Whyche I Wrighte These Words Thorough a Secret System Infolfing Mey Owne Blood
    Howl Upone Eskaping, I Learne Mey Vehikle Is Not Sea-Worthie & Upone Mey Tragik Recapture & Longe Internmynt During Whyche I Wrighte These Words Thorough a Secret System Infolfing Mey Owne Blood (pp. 14-15)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.8
  9. Gaga Gala
    Gaga Gala (pp. 16-17)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.9
  10. Blue Garden
    Blue Garden (pp. 18-19)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.10
  11. Side Effects
    Side Effects (pp. 20-21)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.11
  12. Dead Dean
    Dead Dean (pp. 22-23)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.12
  13. Sources of the Delaware
    Sources of the Delaware (pp. 24-26)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.13
  14. Today’s Visibility
    Today’s Visibility (pp. 27-28)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.14
  15. We Through Mists Descry
    We Through Mists Descry (pp. 29-30)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.15
  16. Snowy Prairie Rabbit
    Snowy Prairie Rabbit (pp. 31-32)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.16
  17. Bright Head
    Bright Head (pp. 33-34)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.17
  18. This Living Hand
    This Living Hand (pp. 35-36)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.18
  19. Chest Pains of the Romantic Poets
    Chest Pains of the Romantic Poets (pp. 37-37)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.19
  20. Whale Watch
    Whale Watch (pp. 38-41)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.20
  21. Shamanism 101
    Shamanism 101 (pp. 42-43)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.21
  22. Honeycomb
    Honeycomb (pp. 44-45)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.22
  23. Lives of the Mind
    Lives of the Mind (pp. 46-47)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.23
  24. Flight Pattern
    Flight Pattern (pp. 48-49)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.24
  25. Goodbye, Place I Lived Nearly 23 Years Almost Everyone Left Before Me
    Goodbye, Place I Lived Nearly 23 Years Almost Everyone Left Before Me (pp. 50-51)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.25
  26. Hammer
    Hammer (pp. 52-53)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.26
  27. Changing Your Bulb
    Changing Your Bulb (pp. 54-55)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.27
  28. Republican Victory
    Republican Victory (pp. 56-57)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.28
  29. The River Merchant, Stuck in Kalamazoo, Writes His Wife a Letter during Her Semester Abroad
    The River Merchant, Stuck in Kalamazoo, Writes His Wife a Letter during Her Semester Abroad (pp. 58-58)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.29
  30. Roller Coaster
    Roller Coaster (pp. 59-59)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.30
  31. Saga of Stumps
    Saga of Stumps (pp. 60-62)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.31
  32. All the King’s Men
    All the King’s Men (pp. 63-63)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.32
  33. Lives of the Noncombatants
    Lives of the Noncombatants (pp. 64-65)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.33
  34. I See a Lily on Thy Brow
    I See a Lily on Thy Brow (pp. 66-67)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.34
  35. Lives of the Dead
    Lives of the Dead (pp. 68-69)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.35
  36. Sleep Cycle
    Sleep Cycle (pp. 70-70)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.36
  37. Troy, Indiana
    Troy, Indiana (pp. 71-73)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.37
  38. And You Don’t Even Have to Leave the Building
    And You Don’t Even Have to Leave the Building (pp. 74-75)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.38
  39. Action Figuring
    Action Figuring (pp. 76-77)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.39
  40. My Fall Teaching Schedule
    My Fall Teaching Schedule (pp. 78-79)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.40
  41. Even Funnier Looking Now
    Even Funnier Looking Now (pp. 80-82)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.41
  42. A Poem by Dean Young
    A Poem by Dean Young (pp. 83-83)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.42
  43. I Can Hardly Be Considered a Reliable Witness
    I Can Hardly Be Considered a Reliable Witness (pp. 84-85)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.43
  44. Not in Any Ha Ha Way
    Not in Any Ha Ha Way (pp. 86-87)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.44
  45. Cotton in a Pill Bottle
    Cotton in a Pill Bottle (pp. 88-88)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.45
  46. Eidos
    Eidos (pp. 89-90)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.46
  47. Pulse
    Pulse (pp. 91-92)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.47
  48. What a Good Horse I Have
    What a Good Horse I Have (pp. 93-94)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.48
  49. Archon
    Archon (pp. 95-96)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.49
  50. Noncompliant
    Noncompliant (pp. 97-98)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.50
  51. How I Get My Ideas
    How I Get My Ideas (pp. 99-100)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.51
  52. Acknowledgements
    Acknowledgements (pp. 101-101)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.52
  53. Back Matter
    Back Matter (pp. 102-102)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjr19.53