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acknowledgements Poems in the new section have appeared in: The Cambridge Literary Review, The Chicago Review, Conjunctions, The Forward Book of Poetry, Granta, Harper’s, Hyperallergic, jubilat, Mote, New York Review of Books, Paris Review, The Poetry Review, and The World Speaking Back. First published in Great Britain in 2020 by Carcanet Press Ltd Alliance House, 30 Cross Street Manchester M2 7AQ www.carcanet.co.uk Copyright © Peter Gizzi 2020 The right of Peter Gizzi to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act of 1988 All rights reserved A CfP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978 1 78410 822 9 The publisher acknowledges financial assistance from Arts Council England Typeset in England by XL Publishing Services, Exmouth Printed and bound in England by SRP Ltd, Exeter
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Contents new poems Speech Acts for a Dying World That I Saw the Light on Nonotuck Avenue Every Day I Want to Fly My Kite Now It’s Dark Sunshine Some Joy for Morning From This End of Sadness Sky Burial Sunday’s Empire Now It’s Dark The Present Is Constant Elegy 9 12 14 17 20 22 23 28 29 30 31 from periplum, and other poems (1992) Periplum 32 Blue Peter 33 Poem for John Wieners 36 from artificial heart (1998) Toy Speck Ledger Domain Caption Pierced Tous Les Matins du Monde 37 38 39 44 45 52 from some values of landscape and weather (2003) A History of the Lyric 53 Overtakelessness 62 Edgar Poe 63 It Was Raining in Delft 64 Château If 65

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acknowledgements Poems in the new section have appeared in: The Cambridge Literary Review, The Chicago Review, Conjunctions, The Forward Book of Poetry, Granta, Harper’s, Hyperallergic, jubilat, Mote, New York Review of Books, Paris Review, The Poetry Review, and The World Speaking Back.

First published in Great Britain in 2020 by Carcanet Press Ltd Alliance House, 30 Cross Street Manchester M2 7AQ www.carcanet.co.uk

Copyright © Peter Gizzi 2020 The right of Peter Gizzi to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act of 1988 All rights reserved A CfP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978 1 78410 822 9 The publisher acknowledges financial assistance from Arts Council England

Typeset in England by XL Publishing Services, Exmouth Printed and bound in England by SRP Ltd, Exeter

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