Zinc Fingers
Zinc Fingers: Poems A to Z
Peter Meinke
Series: Pitt Poetry Series
Copyright Date: 2000
Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv
Pages: 104
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt9qh7zv
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Zinc Fingers
Book Description:

In Peter Meinke's eleventh collection, he writes poems of humor and sadness. His poems speak truth with the self-assurance of a man willing to laugh at himself and, by extension, he invites us to laugh at ourselves as well.

eISBN: 978-0-8229-7982-1
Subjects: Language & Literature
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. ii-viii)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.1
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. ix-xii)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.2
  3. On the Arrangement of These Poems
    On the Arrangement of These Poems (pp. xiii-xiv)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.3
  4. A to G
    • Absence
      Absence (pp. 3-3)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.4
    • Apples
      Apples (pp. 4-4)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.5
    • Arthritis in St. Petersburg
      Arthritis in St. Petersburg (pp. 5-5)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.6
    • Assisted Living
      Assisted Living (pp. 6-6)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.7
    • The Brain
      The Brain (pp. 7-8)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.8
    • Certitude
      Certitude (pp. 9-9)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.9
    • Circe
      Circe (pp. 10-10)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.10
    • The Cliff at Gorge de lʹAreuse
      The Cliff at Gorge de lʹAreuse (pp. 11-11)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.11
    • Coal
      Coal (pp. 12-12)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.12
    • Coffee
      Coffee (pp. 13-13)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.13
    • Driving through a Storm near Boothbay Harbor
      Driving through a Storm near Boothbay Harbor (pp. 14-14)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.14
    • Each Morning
      Each Morning (pp. 15-15)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.15
    • Election
      Election (pp. 16-16)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.16
    • Finches on Aycock Street
      Finches on Aycock Street (pp. 17-17)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.17
    • Fortunato Pietro
      Fortunato Pietro (pp. 18-18)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.18
    • Francis
      Francis (pp. 19-19)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.19
    • Grandfather at the Pool
      Grandfather at the Pool (pp. 20-20)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.20
  5. H to N
    • A Handheld Camera Visits Billyʹs Bar at Happy Hour
      A Handheld Camera Visits Billyʹs Bar at Happy Hour (pp. 23-24)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.21
    • A Hawk in Athens
      A Hawk in Athens (pp. 25-25)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.22
    • History
      History (pp. 26-26)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.23
    • Home on Cape Cod
      Home on Cape Cod (pp. 27-27)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.24
    • A Hot Day in June
      A Hot Day in June (pp. 28-28)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.25
    • The House on Taylor Avenue
      The House on Taylor Avenue (pp. 29-29)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.26
    • The Housekeeper in London
      The Housekeeper in London (pp. 30-30)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.27
    • The Humane Trap
      The Humane Trap (pp. 31-32)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.28
    • Ibises
      Ibises (pp. 33-34)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.29
    • In Memoriam
      In Memoriam (pp. 35-36)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.30
    • J J Nortle
      J J Nortle (pp. 37-38)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.31
    • Japanese Soldier
      Japanese Soldier (pp. 39-39)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.32
    • John Keyes & Freud
      John Keyes & Freud (pp. 40-40)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.33
    • Kissing
      Kissing (pp. 41-41)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.34
    • Letting Go
      Letting Go (pp. 42-43)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.35
    • M3
      M3 (pp. 44-44)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.36
    • Magnolia
      Magnolia (pp. 45-45)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.37
    • Making Love with the One
      Making Love with the One (pp. 46-46)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.38
    • A Meditation on You and Wittgenstein
      A Meditation on You and Wittgenstein (pp. 47-47)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.39
    • Mulch
      Mulch (pp. 48-48)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.40
    • Multiple Readings in National Poetry Month
      Multiple Readings in National Poetry Month (pp. 49-49)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.41
    • Nailbiters
      Nailbiters (pp. 50-51)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.42
    • Naked Poetry
      Naked Poetry (pp. 52-52)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.43
    • No Circe
      No Circe (pp. 53-53)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.44
    • Nor Iron Bars
      Nor Iron Bars (pp. 54-54)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.45
  6. O to Z
    • On the Road
      On the Road (pp. 57-57)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.46
    • The Open
      The Open (pp. 58-58)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.47
    • Our Groundhog
      Our Groundhog (pp. 59-59)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.48
    • Pensacola
      Pensacola (pp. 60-61)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.49
    • Philosophy in Billyʹs Bar
      Philosophy in Billyʹs Bar (pp. 62-62)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.50

      Language is the whorehouse of the imaginationI sayto Billy who looks doubtful one eye stuck on the Bucsʹ gameYʹwant the mega-pepperoni?he asksWhat noodles!The latter I gather refers to the Bucs so I nod and nudge my glass toward him for another belt of RedWolf Outside the heat could bend a nickel and drivers weep in stalled clusters as freon leaks from their laboring a/cʹs Everythingʹs connected and runs on friction they say: one totally perfect object would shut down the world which makes me a tiny bit nervous about this very poem which is humming along...

    • Pickpockets
      Pickpockets (pp. 63-63)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.51
    • The Plains of Mars
      The Plains of Mars (pp. 64-65)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.52
    • Possibility
      Possibility (pp. 66-66)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.53
    • The Professor and the Librarian
      The Professor and the Librarian (pp. 67-67)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.54
    • The Queen Antʹs Love Song
      The Queen Antʹs Love Song (pp. 68-68)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.55
    • Revelation
      Revelation (pp. 69-69)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.56
    • Seven & Seven
      Seven & Seven (pp. 70-70)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.57
    • She, Being an Artist
      She, Being an Artist (pp. 71-72)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.58
    • Short Meditation on Long-Suffering Poets
      Short Meditation on Long-Suffering Poets (pp. 73-73)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.59
    • Sort of a Sonnet
      Sort of a Sonnet (pp. 74-74)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.60
    • The Teacher
      The Teacher (pp. 75-75)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.61
    • Les Temps Modernes
      Les Temps Modernes (pp. 76-76)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.62
    • Tough Professor Sonnet
      Tough Professor Sonnet (pp. 77-77)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.63
    • The Uniform
      The Uniform (pp. 78-78)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.64
    • Vincent
      Vincent (pp. 79-79)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.65
    • The Waltz
      The Waltz (pp. 80-81)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.66
    • The Wave
      The Wave (pp. 82-82)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.67
    • The Witness
      The Witness (pp. 83-83)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.68
    • The Examinerʹs Death
      The Examinerʹs Death (pp. 84-84)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.69
    • The Young Poet Speaks
      The Young Poet Speaks (pp. 85-85)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.70
    • Zinc Fingers
      Zinc Fingers (pp. 86-86)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.71
  7. Acknowledgments
    Acknowledgments (pp. 87-87)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.72
  8. Back Matter
    Back Matter (pp. 88-89)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh7zv.73