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== Book Details ==
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'''Author:''' [https://brickcavelibrary.com/index.php?title=Category:Bill_Campana Bill Campana]<br>
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'''Published:''' 2020<br>
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'''Publisher:''' [https://brickcavelibrary.com/index.php?title=Category:Brick_Cave_Books Brick Cave Books]<br>
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'''Pages (Paperback):''' 111<br>
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'''Genre:''' Poetry<br>
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'''Reading Level:''' Adult<br>
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'''Paperback ISBN-13:''' 9781938190544<br>
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'''Copyright ID:'''<br>
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== Official Description ==
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With a full title of: ''if porchlights have moths then raincoats have fish, or pinhole photography, tunnel vision, and existential observations while peeking through keyholes, or ancient sumerian dating tips and gregorian cat calls, or abandoned by wolves only to be raised by plant life'', poet Bill Campana once again dismisses convention for the sake of art. A compelling and engaging 5th collection of free form poetry and Haiku that is sure to remind you just how brilliant and unique a talent Bill is.
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== Excerpt ==
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<poem>
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'''Misc. Haiku'''
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you’re on a shoestring
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budget and you can’t even
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afford new shoestrings
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you can’t catch kidney
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stones unless the afflicted
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is aiming at you
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'''(i went down to the) intersection'''
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movement like
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non-representational
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avant-garde rain
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on a glass canvas.
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the night is a blind
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gallery of indecision.
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motion like driving
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toward the darkness.
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the road slick and daring.
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traffic lights bleeding
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red bleeding green onto
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a wet shiny intersection.
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staccato thoughts lost
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in the long fluid lines
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of momentum.
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'''excuse me'''
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kicking around in
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quantum hysterical
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anatomic bomb shelters,
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dancing to the tune
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Of $250 shoes
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gulping the socialized
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medicine knock out,
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not for the faint of heart
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break but for wreck of beauty.
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exceeding the boiling point
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of being cool…
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if you were me
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i was a fool.
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the smell of disbelief
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and the aftertaste of implausibility.
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your neckline read like a magazine.
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sales slick, scratched pages
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curling toward obscurity.
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</poem>
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=== Additional details ===
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* The book is the fourth book in the informally named 'Plain Paper Series'
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* This was Bill's fifth published book, following <i>Poems From Deep South Scottsdale</i>
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== Cover Art ==
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The cover art (scanned cover of a notebook from Bill's childhood as background) was composed by designer [[Bob Nelson]]. Bob would go on to create the cover art for the additional books in the series:
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* ''[[Said Beauty to the Blues]]''
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* ''[[flotsam and gomorrah (parlour tricks and other mysteries)]]''
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* ''[[The Ragtime of Modern Living]]''
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* ''[[poems in the key of A-negative]]''
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== Availability ==
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The book is no longer in print from Brick Cave.<br>
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[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53174408-if-porchlights-have-moths-then-raincoats-have-fish-or-pinhole-photograp The Book's Listing on Goodreads]

Latest revision as of 15:52, 15 July 2023


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Book Details

Author: Bill Campana
Published: 2020
Publisher: Brick Cave Books
Pages (Paperback): 111
Genre: Poetry
Reading Level: Adult
Paperback ISBN-13: 9781938190544
Copyright ID:

Official Description

With a full title of: if porchlights have moths then raincoats have fish, or pinhole photography, tunnel vision, and existential observations while peeking through keyholes, or ancient sumerian dating tips and gregorian cat calls, or abandoned by wolves only to be raised by plant life, poet Bill Campana once again dismisses convention for the sake of art. A compelling and engaging 5th collection of free form poetry and Haiku that is sure to remind you just how brilliant and unique a talent Bill is.

Excerpt

Misc. Haiku

you’re on a shoestring
budget and you can’t even
afford new shoestrings

you can’t catch kidney
stones unless the afflicted
is aiming at you

(i went down to the) intersection
movement like
non-representational
avant-garde rain

on a glass canvas.
the night is a blind
gallery of indecision.

motion like driving
toward the darkness.
the road slick and daring.

traffic lights bleeding
red bleeding green onto
a wet shiny intersection.

staccato thoughts lost
in the long fluid lines
of momentum.

excuse me
kicking around in
quantum hysterical
anatomic bomb shelters,
dancing to the tune
Of $250 shoes

gulping the socialized
medicine knock out,
not for the faint of heart
break but for wreck of beauty.

exceeding the boiling point
of being cool…
if you were me
i was a fool.

the smell of disbelief
and the aftertaste of implausibility.
your neckline read like a magazine.
sales slick, scratched pages
curling toward obscurity.

Additional details

  • The book is the fourth book in the informally named 'Plain Paper Series'
  • This was Bill's fifth published book, following Poems From Deep South Scottsdale

Cover Art

The cover art (scanned cover of a notebook from Bill's childhood as background) was composed by designer Bob Nelson. Bob would go on to create the cover art for the additional books in the series:

Availability

The book is no longer in print from Brick Cave.
The Book's Listing on Goodreads

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