A first collection from Jeremy Over in which he manages to retain a narrative core, yet challenge the current orthodoxy of poetry as storytelling on every level.
Assaulting that which is ostensibly fixed and serious, this collection of poetry administers mirth. These poems celebrate surprise and synergy, discovering new forms of order in the riotous disorder of the world. The author's keen sense of mischief facilitates the running of words off their expected tracks until they come to rest in new postures, pleasures, and meaning. The poems are restlessly acquisitive, gathering curiosities even while reflecting nostalgia for home or lost time. Included is an unlikely cast of walk-on characters, including Walt Whitman, Dante, Mata Hari, and Pope John Paul II.
