Lorenzo Thomas

The Collected Poems of Lorenzo Thomas


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The Heroin of My Youth 83

       Grandpa’s Spells 84

       Historiography 86

       Liner Notes 89

       Brother Me 90

       Sea of Chance (A Sailor Song) 94

       Sugar Hill 100

       Fly Society 101

       To Speak of Woe That Is in Marrakesh 102

       Better Physics 103

       While Madness Reigns 106

       Serpent Guerillas 108

       Work Song 111

       Framing the Sunrise 115

       Fatiha 121

       EUPHEMYSTICISM 123

       A Song for the Banana Tree Sleeping in My Yard 125

       Cosmic Communion 126

       Blues Cadet 128

       Paul Laurence Dunbar Views the Sword of Toussaint L’Ouverture, Chicago Exposition 1893 129

       Euphemysticism 130

       Suicide Administration 137

       Ancient Habits or Customs 138

       Mouthology 139

       Hurricane Doris 141

       Evry Mae 144

       Sprucing Spring up on Larkin Street 146

       Another Poem in English 147

       JAMBALAYA 149

       Rhumba Negro 151

       False Alarm 152

       R & B 153

       The Architecture of Devotion 154

       Saint 155

       Witches 158

       High Heel Jesus 160

       Collective Poems 161

       Spiritual 163

       House of Red Lights 166

       Sounds of Joy 169

       They’ll Be Back 173

       Le Zodico Ne Pas Seul 174

       Jubilee 175

       Image 178

       SOUND SCIENCE 179

       A Native Guide 181

       Pyramids 182

       The New Borning 183

       More Than Nothing 184

       The Persuader 185

       A Judge 186

       Duds 187

       My Calling 188

       The Offering 189

       Speak Low 190

       Low Speech 191

       Electricity on Earth 192

       Arc in the Dark 193

       Magnetism 194

       The Universe 195

       There’s a Lot of Wisdom Here 196

       One More Chance 197

       What I Would Prefer 198

       We Are Beautiful African People 199

       Protection 200

       Look What You Done for Me 201

       Possession 202

       Obedience 203

       Oil of Gladness 204

       CHANCES ARE FEW 205

       My Office 207

       I. THE FINE CLOTHES OF YEAR BEFORE LAST 209

       Inauguration 210

       The Fine Clothes of Year before Last 211

       Farting as Decency 213

       Security 214

       Personal Anthropology 216

       Broadway–Lafayette Espadrille 217

       Euchre Bridge 221

       Wheeling 222

       Too Loud for Names 224

       The Rule of Thumb 225

       II. THEY NEVER LOSE 231

       The Leopard 232

       They Never Lose 233

       Too Much One Thing, Not Enough Somewhat Else 239

       Choosing Metals 242

       Guilt 243

       Canzone 244

       Sketches of Susan 245

       Electricity of Blossoms 248

       Hiccups 250

       Instructions for Your New Osiris 254

       Shake Hands with Your Bets, Friend 256

       III. THE MARVELOUS LAND OF INDEFINITIONS 260

       The Marvelous Land of Indefinitions 261

       When Dukardo Boarded the Astro-Jet, He Already Done Seen the Movie 264

       Home X XI 266

       MMDCCXIII ½ 267

       An Excerpt from Big House Movies 268

       Screen Test 272

       Class Action 282

       Hat Red 291

       Clear Channel 295

       IV. LIQUID CITY 296

       Salt 297

       Discovering America Again 298