My first book of poetry. These were mostly composed in 2014-2015; a few revised before republication in 2016. The mood was political. Some of the poems from that period that I rejected for this volume struck me as too strongly condemnatory, pieces of the moment, that I didn’t like well enough coming back to them after several months. Nutshell is slim, but meaty, 48 pages total.
Contents
Give Away the Key
The Structure We Believe
Again
Accept the Change
Over a Five Cent Item
Salvage and Tag
The Comfrey Plant
The Political Tick
Carpet Linters
Hogs in a Row
Bones and Claws
Canned Peas
If On the Other Hand
It Is All One
Handle with Care
Purpose No Secret
The Culture
The Culture II
The Culture: Prurience
Goods for Love
Let the Tide Run Its Course
Mourning Doves
Chum
Thud and Rebound
Newly Hatched
Tenterhooks
Noise
Stones You’ve Gathered
You Are Here
Never So Good
A Trick of Memory
The Face
The Moth
Nutshell
Elucidate
Stop It
See Slides from this book on Beast page