The Chapbooks
Collected Poems
1st Edition
Published on 7. March 2022
350 pages
978-0-9896110-8-4 (ISBN)
Description
This collection of poetry reveals one man's journey to connect with family, friends, lovers, geography, music, addictions, and Jewish tradition. Its honesty embraces the reader and provides glimpses into our shared humanity. (Diane Isaacs, University of Delaware)I've been reading Phil Linz's poems for over 25 years and have delighted in his exploration of theme, observation and wordplay during that time. The special gift of each of his poems brings to readers is that moment of recognition, that flash of insight into this experience of being alive. His voice is wise, life-embracing, and full of humor about his journey. His vision is a generous take this imperfect world and its endearing flawed inhabitants. My life is richer in perception and compassion thanks to Phil Linz's poetry.(Christ Brandon Whitaker, SUNY New Paltz)Phil doesn't write poems in words. He magically creates them in images, memories and exacting details. Just the right details, just the right touch of humor and just the right beat. His poetry brings moments in time to life so we may savor them in all their glory. Get this book. You'll be doing your imagination a favor. (Ryn Gargulinski, founder of Ryndustries and Rynski Recovery Club)
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Phil Linz was born in Brooklyn, NY, and was raised in the Rockaway Beach section of Queens, NY. He has also lived in New Orleans, Tucson, Los Angeles, New York City (East Village), Morrisville, PA, Croton-on-Hudson, NY, and Pooler, GA; since October 2011 he has lived in Wilmington, DE. After almost 40 years as a working chemist, Mr. Linz retired in May, 2018.He's been writing poetry since 1971 and is the founder and publisher of Fierce Grace Press, specializing in chapbooks, believing in the concept of "Publishing Under the Radar." This volume includes his eight published chapbooks and two unpublished collections.Mr. Linz may be reached at linzp18@verizon.net.
Content
- Intro
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- What This One's About (Introduction)
- from The Sex Stuff: Poems by Phil Linz (1997)
- 3.Epigram
- 5.Author's Note
- 7.Poem: for Carol
- 8.Holiday
- 9.Poem for Leslie: On the New Beginning
- 10.Prosepoem: for L.
- 11.Moods: for Corso
- 12.Poem: for Cheryl
- 13.Poem for Anthony: The First Night
- 14."Loving Yvonne:
- 15.Poem of the Second Chakra
- 16.The First Touch of Your Lips
- 17.Stripper Fantasy
- 18.Phone Sex Poem
- 19.Poem of Pursuit
- 20.Hallway Poem
- 21.On Pride - I
- 22.Zipless
- 23.Poem: for Vicki
- 24.Preparing My Lover's Bed
- 25."Because Our Hearts Live In Our Bodies"
- Roz's Book: In Celebration of Fifty Sixty Years (2000
- Second Edition 2010)
- 29.Dedication
- 31.Poem: for the Second Edition (Poem for The Book)
- 32.Author's Note
- 33.Invocation
- 34.Untitled (6/74)
- 35.Grandparents circa 1925
- 36.Untitled (3/76)
- 37.Parents &
- Grandparents circa 1950
- 37.Roz &
- Dad circa 1952
- 38.The Swimmer
- 39.Woman on Beach
- 40.Real Wishes
- 41.The Duck Woman
- 42.Poem for Roz
- 43.For Ken
- 44.Holiday Poem
- 45.Poem of Obsession / Poem of Hatred
- 46.Poem of Positivity--II
- 47.On Creation: A Re-Telling
- 48."Challenges"
- 49.For Ilene
- 50.Poem: for Nazareth
- 51.PL with Big Buddha, Kent, NY
- 52.For Roz &
- Tim: Ten Years
- 53.The Three-Thousand Mile Garden
- 54.Untitled (2/96)
- 55.A Bus Named Desire, New Orleans
- 56.Moving On: A Poem of Rockaway
- 57.Rockaway Beach Triptych
- 58.Pacific Coast Highway
- 59.
- 60."Y'Say It's Your Birthday
- 61.For the Invisible Jew
- 62.Pooler, Saturday Afternoon
- 63.Eighty
- 64.Saxophone, Sixth Avenue, NYC
- 65.I've Listened...
- 66.Wedding Poem
- 67."You Don't Look Your Age"
- from The Holiday Poems: 1986 - 2005 (2002
- Second Edition, 2006)
- 71.Dedication
- 73.Author's Note: Second Edition
- 74.Author's Note: First Edition
- 75.Poem for Oakite: Christmas
- 76.End of Year Poem
- 77.Poem: for the Holidays (9/89)
- 78.Holiday Poem (With Additional Music)
- 79.For the Holidays: 1990
- 80.Coffee Shop Poem
- 81.Holiday Poem: 1991
- 82.Poem: for the New Year (1993)
- 83.Poem for the Holidays: 1993
- 84.Poem: for the New Year (1994)
- 85.Equinox
- 86.Chanukah Poem
- 87.For the Holidays, With Music: 1994
- 88.Poem for the New Year (1995)
- 89.Holiday: 1995
- 90.Holiday Poem: 1996
- 91.Solstice
- 92.Holiday Poem: 1997
- 93.Holiday Poem: 1998
- 94.Holiday Poem: 1999
- 95.Holiday Poem: 2000
- 96.Out of the Ashes
- 97.Poem for the Holidays: 2001
- 98.Holiday Poem: 2002
- 99.The Last Day of the Year/
- 100.Holiday Poem: 2003
- 101.Holiday Poem: for Ryn
- 102.Holiday Poem: 2004/5
- 103.Holiday Poem: 2005
- 104.Holiday Poem: 2007
- 105.Cloud, Tybee
- 106.Holiday Poem: 2008
- 107.Holiday Poem: 2009
- 108.Holiday Poem: 2010
- 109.To All: The Poets, The Friends, All Those Who've Forgotten Me
- 110.Holiday Poem: 2012
- 111.Holiday Poem: 2013
- 112.Holiday Poem: 2014
- 113.Holiday Poem: 2016
- 114.Holiday Poem: 2017
- 115.Holiday Poem 2018
- from In the Midst of it All: Selected Poems, 2000 - 2001 (2002)
- 119.Dedication
- 121.Author's Note
- 123.The Trip: Before
- 124.Working: The Tour
- 125."Flying Home"
- 126.Vision
- 127.It's OK To Go Gentle, Into That Good Night
- 128.Poem of Desire
- 130.Barnes &
- Noble Poem
- 131.Poem: On Receiving Advice to Become Bankrupt
- 132.The Night I Kissed David Drake
- 133.The Days of Awe
- 134.Poem: for Chris
- 135.Poem: for the New Kid on the Block
- 136.The Sopranos: A Pantoum (After the Second Season Finale)
- 137.Bat Mitzvah Poem
- 138.Poem for Andy
- 139.Lipstick
- 140.Poem for Joe
- 142.AC
- 144.On Hearing: the Poet on the Radio
- 145.Poem: with a Theme by Ellison
- 146.Desiderata Poem
- 147.When the Darkness Sweetly Beckons
- 148.After 9-11
- 150.Hangin' Out on the Mountaintop: A Retreat Poem
- from For Those Who Remain (2003)
- 153.Dedication
- 155.Author's Note
- 157.Watching Death's Labors
- 158.Poem-for My Father
- 159.Elegy
- 160.Hospice: the Training
- 161.Poem-for Mrs. N.
- 162.The Hand of G-d
- 163.The Genesis of Hope
- 164.He Picked People Up
- from Kyzen: Selected Poems (Illustrated by Ryn Gargulinski) (2005)
- 167.Dedication
- 169.Kyzen: What It's About (Introduction)
- 171.Beat Youth
- 172.Saturday Afternoon 2/7/76
- 173."How a Friendship Emerges
- 173.Poem for Mary (A Florida Poem)
- 174.What can we learn from Coyote
- 175.Chant
- 177.KK's: Breakfast
- 178.Toward a Poetry with Balls
- 179.toward a poetry with balls
- 180.For the Wedding of Angelo and Katherine
- 181.butterfly
- 182.Belated Poem: for Mary
- 183.Poem: for the Woman with the Scar on Her Neck
- 183.Letter to Myself
- 184.turtle rising to the ring
- 185.For the Retreatants
- 185."For Ram Dass, My Great Teacher, In Recovery"
- 186.Poem: for Joanie
- 187.Pax--II
- 188."...I Can't Go to Astoria Without Thinking Of Her"
- 189.In My Mailbox Today: A Found Poem
- 190.NYC - Morrisville
- 191.Valentine's Day
- 192.Morrisville to Croton
- 193.Poem: for My Bathroom Wall
- 194.heap o'dead bodies
- 195.Level 3 Poem
- 196.Continuity
- 197.On the Pleasures of Empty Sex
- 198.On Reading the Sunday Times Magazine at Pete's, Sunday, 3/18/01 (A Found Poem: Approximately)
- 199.On Tennessee: Cry of the Heart
- 201.My Gorka Connection
- 202.Tootsie's Funeral
- 203.Because You Asked: A Belated Birthday Poem
- 205.Croton to the SCC: December 2002
- 206.Photograph: China Pier, January
- 207.fish below the surface
- 208.why I can't write...nobody cares
- 209.Why I Can't Write
- 212.Poem: for the Man with the Scar on his Neck
- 213.Ganymede's Song
- 214.empowerment sestina
- 215.Empowerment Sestina
- 217.Barry's Song
- from David's Book (2007)
- 221.Dedication
- 223.The Chosen Poems: Toward an Explanation
- 224.Poem for My Denial
- 225.Independence Day, New York City
- 228."Why Lisa is Lovable"
- 229.For Joyce (via Ken)
- 230.Soulmate
- 231."Yo, Pops"
- 232."Who's Got It Better?"
- 233.For David, at Seventy
- 234.Since 1970
- 235.Rules
- 236.Reality Check: No, You're Not Crazy
- 237.Move a Muscle, Change a Thought
- 238.Bittersweet Pain
- 239.Notes: on the Dissemination of the Files
- 240.Life and Times
- from Ilene's Book: Poems and Photographs (2008)
- 243.Dedication
- 244.Phil, Ilene &
- Roz, Brooklyn, NY, circa 58
- 244.Roz, Phil &
- Ilene, East Brunswick, NJ, October 93
- 245.Introduction: for the Baby at 50
- 246.Family, Brooklyn, NY, 58
- 247.Our Father
- 248.Blanche, Arverne, NY, April 83
- 249.For Bleimeleh
- 250.Family, Oceanside, NY, December 84
- 251.Sisters
- 252.Phil Feigning Drunkenness, Arverne, NY, October 81 252
- 253.Poem from a Brother
- 254.Ilene, Brooklyn, New York, February 61
- 254.Ilene, Arverne, New York, July 63
- 255.The Baby
- 256.Birthday Poem: The Baby at Thirty
- 257.Ten Years Together
- 258.Belated Poem: Numerology II
- 259.Mother's Day Poem
- 260.Belated Poem
- 261.For the Baby: at 40
- 262.For Barry / Of Barry
- 263.Château Gray
- 264.Poem for the Diva, Ms. Snowi White
- 265.For Ilene and Friends
- 266.The Family, East Brunswick, NJ, October 93
- 267.Birthday Poem: for the Baby at Fifty
- from Toward a Working-Man's Poetry: Selected Poems 2004 - 2013 (Unpublished)
- 271."To Love the Page More"
- 272.Dobbs Ferry Music Festival: August
- 273.Slow Clap
- 274.West Asheville Bakery Cafe
- 276."My Poems will Die with Me"
- 277.The Family at Denny's
- 278.Sh'ma
- 279.Poem Written Just Before Sleep
- 280.Work Song
- from Selected Poems: 2012 - 2015 (Unpublished)
- 283.Birthday Ghazal
- 284.Assignment: Purpose of Life Poem
- 285.Poem of the Uncomfortable Job
- 286.Belated Poem: Six Birthdays in May
- 287.On Being at EMD for 15 Years
- 288.Night at Mark and Gregory's
- 289.Poem Starting with a Line by David Yezzi
- 290.Poem Beginning with a Line by Gertrude Stein
- 291.Cover Letter
- 292.Knee Replacement/PT Poem
- 293.Saturday Afternoon 4/5/2014
- 294.Haircut
- 295.Poem for David
- 296.Engender: the desert work, the clarity of the rain
- 297.After Whitman's "A Clear Midnight
- 298.After: The Hudson at China Point
- Biographical Statement
