A sequence of poems about a puppet without a name.
A long 65 page sequence of poems about a puppet without a name, written in 1973, before Generation X was born.
Excerpt
I
I know you,
ladies and gentlemen.
We see the near future
through you.
Your factual face
as you sit indoors.
Youthless,
in your ordinary chair.
"Mice run through their vision.
Mice run through the plot.
O la la
and memory
is a lot..."
I, also,
have memories.
One afternoon
I was myself.
Professional Reviews
PoetryFlash Review
"Puppet X is a stunningly powerful, single long poem ... a perfect match in the poem between form and content -- the isolation of particular words and images, the broken quality of the poem as it unfolds on the page, matches well the listless, isolated lives he portrays; and yet even such a life deserves its epic -- even the dead have their songs. Puppet X is a book that opens areas painful to face; yet it also has its smothered laughter, jokes in the face of death. Clearly, a fine book."
-- PoetryFlash
PoetryFlash Review of 2nd Edition
"This is a major work, a sustained long poem in 26 sections that has great power of voice and personna. This is one to get, even if you have the rather cramped and crudely produced first edition, as I do - a big poem needs space to crawl around in!"
- Jon Ford, PoetryFlash
This is a book of free verse poetry that addresses the seven main tests in life and offers some sensible solutions to passing those tests with minimal discomfort.
Early Works is an exhaustive compilation of the first decade of the poems and stories of Z.B.McClure. Included are family photos, rare personal photos, photos of 1st draft manuscripts of many of his early poems. Also some biography and memoir materia
