Trying to Surprise God
by Peter Meinke
University of Pittsburgh Press, 1981
Paper: 978-0-8229-5326-5 | eISBN: 978-0-8229-7893-0
Library of Congress Classification PS3563.E348T78 1981
Dewey Decimal Classification 811.54
Paper: 978-0-8229-5326-5 | eISBN: 978-0-8229-7893-0
Library of Congress Classification PS3563.E348T78 1981
Dewey Decimal Classification 811.54
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Trying to Surprise God, Peter Meinke’s second book of poetry, is characterized by an unusual and masterful range of effects, and by Meinke’s unique wit and compassion.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Peter Meinke is emeritus professor of creative writing at Eckerd College. He has published numerous books of poetry, including Scars, Zinc Fingers, Liquid Paper, and The Contracted World: New & More Selected Poems. Meinke is the recipient of many awards, including the Olivet Prize, the Paumanok Award, three Poetry Society of America Awards, the Flannery O’Connor Award, and two NEA Fellowships. In 2009 he was appointed the first Poet Laureate of St. Petersburg, Florida.
REVIEWS
“An entertaining book of impressive versatility, the poems ranging from camp to lyric to growls of protest. It exists in a world where reality is a disgruntled invalid nursed by whimsy and tenderness while being constantly surprised by a troupe of vaudevillians playing pranks.”—Edward Field
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- CONTENTS
- Supermarket
- I.
- Trout
- Trout
- Robert Frost in Warsaw
- A Blessing
- The Ladies Who Shovel the Snow
- Letter from Warsaw
- II.
- Azaleas
- Azaleas
- Ping-pong
- Voyage
- Teacups
- Happy Hour
- Portrait: White on White
- A Necessary Bucket
- Preacher, Said the General
- Elephant Tusks
- World Within World
- The Death of the Pilot Whales
- III.
- Lines from Key West
- I.
- Hero Worship at Key West on the 4th of July
- II.
- Writing the Great American Poem in Key West
- III.
- Playing Shuffleboard, Drunk, in Key West, Fla.
- IV.
- Responding to Criticism in Key West
- V.
- Looking for Something to Fear in Key West, Fla.
- VI.
- Trying to Have an Affair in Key West
- VII.
- Asherah: Sailing Around Key West
- VIII.
- Wishing He Had a Theory in Key West
- IX.
- Studying Polish in Order to Answer the Question What Are You Doing in Key West?
- X.
- The Angel of Death Hovers Over Key West
- XI.
- The Angel Laughed Out Loud in Key West, Fla.
- IV.
- Trying to Surprise God
- The Poet, Trying to Surprise God
- The Hunters: Southeast Africa
- The Snake Magician, Nigeria
- In Gentler Times
- Sonnet on the Death of the Man Who Invented Plastic Roses
- Sonnet to a Latin Professor
- Candles
- Mendel's Laws
- V.
- The Laughter of Dead Poets
- Biography
- Myrtle the Turtle
- The Laughter of Dead Poets
- Greta Garbo Poem #41
- To an Athlete Turned Poet
- 3 Packs a Day
- 30
- The Day Edward Field Came to Dinner
- Helen
- Death of a Computer Operator
- Miss Arbuckle
- Threnody
- Recipe
- Words
- The Artist
- To a Daughter with Artistic Talent
- Advice to My Son
- The Mouse You Found
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