Elegy On Toy Piano
Elegy On Toy Piano
dean young
Series: Pitt Poetry Series
Copyright Date: 2005
Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2
Pages: 104
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5hjnt2
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Elegy On Toy Piano
Book Description:

InElegy on Toy Piano, Dean Young's sixth book of poems, elegiac necessity finds itself next to goofy celebration. Daffy Duck enters the Valley of the Eternals. Faulkner and bell-bottoms cling to beauty's evanescence.

Even in single poems, Young's tone and style vary. No one feeling or idea takes precedence over another, and their simultaneity is frequently revealed; sadness may throw a squirrelly shadow, joy can find itself dressed in mourning black. As in the agitated "Whirlpool Suite": "Pain / and pleasure are two signals carried / over one phoneline."

In taking up subjects as slight as the examination of a signature or a true/false test, and as pressing as the death of friends, Young's poems embrace the duplicity of feeling, the malleability of perception, and the truth telling of wordplay.

eISBN: 978-0-8229-9104-5
Subjects: Language & Literature
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. [i]-[vi])
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.1
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. [vii]-[viii])
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.2
  3. Thrown as if Fierce & Wild
    Thrown as if Fierce & Wild (pp. 3-3)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.3
  4. Evening Primrose
    Evening Primrose (pp. 4-4)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.4
  5. Glory
    Glory (pp. 5-5)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.5
  6. Avalanche Garden
    Avalanche Garden (pp. 6-6)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.6
  7. Original Monkey
    Original Monkey (pp. 7-8)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.7
  8. Ghost Gash
    Ghost Gash (pp. 9-9)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.8
  9. Facet
    Facet (pp. 10-10)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.9
  10. Multi-Tasking
    Multi-Tasking (pp. 11-12)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.10
  11. Lives of the Olympians
    Lives of the Olympians (pp. 13-13)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.11
  12. Halflives of Youngonium
    Halflives of Youngonium (pp. 14-15)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.12
  13. Fire Is Speaking
    Fire Is Speaking (pp. 16-17)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.13
  14. Lives of the Veterans
    Lives of the Veterans (pp. 18-19)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.14
  15. Little Black Squirrel
    Little Black Squirrel (pp. 20-20)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.15
  16. Hammock Half in Sun
    Hammock Half in Sun (pp. 21-21)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.16
  17. May Deaths
    May Deaths (pp. 22-22)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.17
  18. Ghost Gust
    Ghost Gust (pp. 23-24)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.18
  19. With Hidden Noise
    With Hidden Noise (pp. 27-28)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.19
  20. Sign Here
    Sign Here (pp. 29-31)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.20
  21. Yawn
    Yawn (pp. 32-32)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.21
  22. Skipping the Reception
    Skipping the Reception (pp. 33-33)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.22
  23. Lives of the Robots
    Lives of the Robots (pp. 34-35)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.23
  24. Ghost Grease
    Ghost Grease (pp. 36-37)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.24
  25. Alarm Clock
    Alarm Clock (pp. 38-38)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.25
  26. Flamenco
    Flamenco (pp. 39-39)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.26
  27. Learn by Doing
    Learn by Doing (pp. 40-41)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.27
  28. True/False
    True/False (pp. 42-44)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.28
  29. Bolinas, California
    Bolinas, California (pp. 45-45)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.29
  30. Peach Farm
    Peach Farm (pp. 46-46)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.30
  31. Venus
    Venus (pp. 47-48)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.31
  32. Flamenco
    Flamenco (pp. 49-49)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.32
  33. What’s Wrong with this Picture
    What’s Wrong with this Picture (pp. 50-51)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.33
  34. Interview
    Interview (pp. 52-53)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.34
  35. Lives of the Mortals
    Lives of the Mortals (pp. 54-56)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.35
  36. Whoz Side U On, Anyway?
    Whoz Side U On, Anyway? (pp. 59-60)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.36
  37. Shield of Moon Dust
    Shield of Moon Dust (pp. 61-62)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.37
  38. Tongue Doctor
    Tongue Doctor (pp. 63-64)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.38
  39. Rabbit, I Love You
    Rabbit, I Love You (pp. 65-66)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.39
  40. Whirlpool Suite
    Whirlpool Suite (pp. 67-68)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.40
  41. Is This Mic On?
    Is This Mic On? (pp. 69-70)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.41
  42. Lemon Garlic Duck
    Lemon Garlic Duck (pp. 71-73)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.42
  43. I Said Yes I Meant No
    I Said Yes I Meant No (pp. 74-75)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.43
  44. Bathed in Dust and Ash
    Bathed in Dust and Ash (pp. 76-76)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.44
  45. I Saw My Life Go By in the Coyote’s Jaws
    I Saw My Life Go By in the Coyote’s Jaws (pp. 77-78)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.45
  46. Gray Matter
    Gray Matter (pp. 79-79)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.46
  47. Reentry
    Reentry (pp. 80-81)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.47
  48. Bivouacked & Garrisoned Capitol
    Bivouacked & Garrisoned Capitol (pp. 82-83)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.48
  49. Elegy on Toy Piano
    Elegy on Toy Piano (pp. 84-85)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.49
  50. Last Words
    Last Words (pp. 86-87)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.50
  51. Rushing through the Night
    Rushing through the Night (pp. 88-88)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.51
  52. Acknowledgments
    Acknowledgments (pp. 91-92)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.52
  53. Back Matter
    Back Matter (pp. 93-93)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5hjnt2.53