The Animals All Are Gathering
The Animals All Are Gathering
BRADLEY PAUL
Series: Pitt Poetry Series
Copyright Date: 2010
Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p
Pages: 96
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt9qh86p
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The Animals All Are Gathering
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"In this original and wonderfully energetic book, Bradley Paul moves from humor to mockery to play to anger to grief, and sometimes all at once. This poetry shifts, it slams, it hammers, it thinks; it corrodes our sorrow and foolishness; it captures our national haplessness, sad and firing and still."--Jean Valentine

"This is a book of 'Instructions,' a 'How To' book, a 'Guide' to the anarchic carnival of everyday life. It is a wicked book smelling of 'scrapple' and the 'puke of poetry.' And yet rising out of the bile is something else--call it a love for words and poetry--that can gleefully announce that 'a monkey could write this poem.' Read this book and you will lean 'how to stop your doppelganger from plagiarizing you,' which is exactly what you need to know to live in the twenty-first century." --John Yau

Bradley Paul's work has appeared in American Poetry Review, Pleiades, Smartish Pace, Boston Review, and other journals. His first book of poetry, The Obvious, was selected by Brenda Hillman for the 2004 New Issues Poetry Prize. A native of Baltimore, he now lives in Los Angeles.

eISBN: 978-0-8229-9120-5
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. [i]-[vi])
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.1
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. [vii]-[xii])
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.2
  3. Anybody Can Write a Poem
    Anybody Can Write a Poem (pp. 1-2)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.3
  4. I ♥ Poetry
    I ♥ Poetry (pp. 3-4)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.4
  5. Panic: A Retrospective
    Panic: A Retrospective (pp. 5-5)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.5
  6. Literalness
    Literalness (pp. 6-7)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.6
  7. Comment on the Sale of My Grandmother’s House
    Comment on the Sale of My Grandmother’s House (pp. 8-8)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.7
  8. Trade
    Trade (pp. 9-9)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.8
  9. Comment on the Humidity of the Brain
    Comment on the Humidity of the Brain (pp. 10-12)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.9
  10. Obvious one day that the beige carpet was a different beige
    Obvious one day that the beige carpet was a different beige (pp. 13-13)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.10
  11. Choreography of Kaspar Meglinger
    Choreography of Kaspar Meglinger (pp. 14-14)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.11
  12. The Golem on His Way to Kill the King
    The Golem on His Way to Kill the King (pp. 15-15)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.12
  13. Law, Order
    Law, Order (pp. 16-16)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.13
  14. How to Stop Your Doppelgänger from Plagiarizing You
    How to Stop Your Doppelgänger from Plagiarizing You (pp. 17-18)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.14
  15. How to Deal with the Most Persistent Zombie
    How to Deal with the Most Persistent Zombie (pp. 19-20)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.15
  16. Two Front Teeth
    Two Front Teeth (pp. 21-21)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.16

    Eric comes down the Christmas steps to see what’s all the rumpus. The light is blue because blue gels are over all the lights. He stops on the landing, scans; an Evil Elf jumps on him, fangs in Eric’s latex jugular; then corn syrup blood over all the walls. Take two, three, thirteen. The Evil Elf jumps again and again and the lights are hot despite their blue. Next day: the shoot is done, and Gretchen paints over the blood. Doesn’t work. A second coat, and a third; she paints the wall red, even. But the blood shows still. Profondo...

  17. Comment on Source Material
    Comment on Source Material (pp. 22-24)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.17
  18. Narcissus of the Damned
    Narcissus of the Damned (pp. 25-27)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.18
  19. Instructions on Damaging the Monster’s Cloak of Invisibility
    Instructions on Damaging the Monster’s Cloak of Invisibility (pp. 28-28)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.19
  20. How to Bathe
    How to Bathe (pp. 29-29)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.20
  21. It’s Weird that So Many Animals Including Us Have Lungs
    It’s Weird that So Many Animals Including Us Have Lungs (pp. 30-30)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.21
  22. El Siete Mares
    El Siete Mares (pp. 31-31)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.22
  23. The Animals All Are Gathering
    The Animals All Are Gathering (pp. 32-33)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.23
  24. You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.
    You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry. (pp. 34-34)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.24
  25. Instructions on Administering Nitrous Oxide
    Instructions on Administering Nitrous Oxide (pp. 35-36)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.25
  26. Comment on the Coloration of the Floor
    Comment on the Coloration of the Floor (pp. 37-37)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.26
  27. A Monkey Could Write this Poem
    A Monkey Could Write this Poem (pp. 38-38)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.27
  28. On the Sleeve
    On the Sleeve (pp. 39-40)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.28
  29. Count to Ten Before Killing My Lassitude
    Count to Ten Before Killing My Lassitude (pp. 41-42)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.29
  30. Sophistry for Chattel
    Sophistry for Chattel (pp. 43-44)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.30
  31. ”But Nature is so uncomfortable. Grass is hard and lumpy and damp, and full of dreadful black insects.”
    ”But Nature is so uncomfortable. Grass is hard and lumpy and damp, and full of dreadful black insects.” (pp. 45-45)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.31
  32. Instructions on Dreaming of Walking
    Instructions on Dreaming of Walking (pp. 46-49)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.32
  33. The Bible Is God’s Personal Letter to You
    The Bible Is God’s Personal Letter to You (pp. 50-51)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.33
  34. In.Case.Of.Trapped.Animal.Call.Lucy.
    In.Case.Of.Trapped.Animal.Call.Lucy. (pp. 52-52)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.34
  35. Red Dwarves
    Red Dwarves (pp. 53-53)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.35
  36. My Quietness Has a Man in It
    My Quietness Has a Man in It (pp. 54-54)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.36
  37. Instructions on Running Over a Cat
    Instructions on Running Over a Cat (pp. 55-57)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.37
  38. Cocky Poem
    Cocky Poem (pp. 58-58)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.38
  39. Healing Mass
    Healing Mass (pp. 59-59)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.39
  40. Commentary on Parole
    Commentary on Parole (pp. 60-60)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.40
  41. How to Approach the Girl with Candies on a Tray
    How to Approach the Girl with Candies on a Tray (pp. 61-61)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.41
  42. Appreciation: A Lament
    Appreciation: A Lament (pp. 62-62)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.42
  43. All Up in the Chicken Boxes
    All Up in the Chicken Boxes (pp. 63-63)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.43
  44. Comment on My Failed Graphic Novel
    Comment on My Failed Graphic Novel (pp. 64-64)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.44
  45. Immediately upon Pruning a Favorite Tree
    Immediately upon Pruning a Favorite Tree (pp. 65-65)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.45
  46. Non-Parable of the Boulder
    Non-Parable of the Boulder (pp. 66-68)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.46
  47. Death Threat
    Death Threat (pp. 69-70)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.47
  48. Commentary on Visiting Your Grandfather’s Grave
    Commentary on Visiting Your Grandfather’s Grave (pp. 71-71)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.48
  49. Come on—roses?
    Come on—roses? (pp. 72-76)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.49
  50. Short Ends
    Short Ends (pp. 77-78)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.50
  51. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (pp. 79-80)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.51
  52. Back Matter
    Back Matter (pp. 81-81)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt9qh86p.52