LYRICS BY LEWIS MACADAMS
“The beautifully
achieved line and tone, natural
as can be―a
65 year-old teenager, best of both
innocence and
experience, perfectly fused into
the third form
of being, adamantly optimistic.
Clean
as a whistle with a ton of art behind it.
There’s been so much bullshit for years re:
“the lyric”―from
all sides, friendlies and not.
All
of it imbecilically ignorant, finally, of the
real rules of
the game. LYRICS is a gift. I regret
that John Wieners
is not around to read it. Love
poems that get it." -Duncan McNaughton
Cover painting by Ed Ruscha.
2009. 5.25” x 8”, hand-stitched.
$10.00
FROM CHANSONNIERS
by Patrick Dunagan.
A tender lyric sequence like a tight-rope
walking tuba band performing without a
net 20,000 feet above your tired eyes.
Cover by Ryan Coffey.
2008. 5.25” x 8”, saddle-stapled.
$7.00
AGAINST THE WEATHER
by Owen Hill.
You'll dig the measure, the sly humor and
the sledgehammer accuracy of this sweet
suite of 13 poems.
Cover by Kevin Opstedal.
2008. 5.25” x 8”, saddle-stitched.
$7.00
IN THE CITY OF WORD PEOPLE
by Noel Black.
A truly inspired lyric set of ruminations,
permutations & bi-polar drive-bys with all
the goof, wonder & clarity that can only
come from an authentic poetic soul.
Cover painting by Marina Eckler.
2008. Paper, 5.25" x 8", saddle-stapled.
$7.00
DON'T SAY A WORD
by F.A. Nettelbeck.
Highgrade, heavy-duty lyric torque
from the last of the great Amerikan
poets. 18 new poems all laying it
down solid. "I doubt anyone will be /
the same again." 2008. Paper,
5.25" x 8", saddle-stapled. $7.00
THE RIVER: BOOKS ONE, TWO & THREE
Revised 2nd Edition
by Lewis MacAdams.
Lyrically resonant, like the call of a lute in flames.
"Read this book as if it were an ancient
scroll
written in a very hip language..."
- Los Angeles Times Book Review.
Revised 2nd Edition 2007. Paperback,
perfect bound. $15.
USER'S MANUAL TO THE
PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY
by Kevin Opstedal.
Poems shot full of west coast high-
grade roadtrip neon. Published by
SEVEN FINGERS PRESS of
Boulder,
Colorado. 2007. Paperback, saddle-
stapled. $10.00
from Smog Eyes
Books
RARE SURF, VOL. 2
NEW & USED
POEMS
by Kevin Opstedal.
“If poetry is the Atlantis of the arts, then
Kevin Opstedal can breathe under water, and
each poem is a pair of shades
for a beach
blanket apocalypse.”
–Noel Black.
Cover art by Pamela Dewey. 2006.
Paperback, perfect bound, $12.
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ALTOON'S FROG
by Duncan McNaughton.
A selection of 12 poems mysterious
& droll & terrific. The arrows of desire
making a u-turn smack in the center
of a heart-shaped bullseye.
Cover
by John Altoon.
2009. 5.25” x 8”, hand-stitched.
$10.00
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MAYBE OCEAN STREET
by Kevin Opstedal.
Published by Seven Fingers of
Boulder, CO. A dozen poems with
sidebar scatter of poetic debris
going all coastal on you.
Cover collage by the author.
2009. 5” x 7”, saddle-stitched.
$10.00
AMERICAN STUDIES
by Michael Price & Kevin Opstedal.
A short suite of collaborative poems
by the founders of Blue Press who
prove without a doubt that American
Studies begin in Japan. Cover by Russ Pope.
2008. 5.25” x 8”, saddle-stapled.
$7.00
GOODS AND SERVICES
by Bill Berkson.
A fine, classic, and classy set of 9 poems.
Clear, keen-eyed, subversive hilarity, “A
panoply of perfect / luster bouncing” in
sharp perceptive lines.
Cover painting by Mitch Temple.
2008. 5.25” x 8”, saddle-stitched.
$7.00
5 POEMS BY JOSE RAMOS SUCRE
Translated by
Cedar Sigo & Sara Bilandzija.
Five prose poems
by the Venezuelan
Rimbaud, Jose
Ramos Sucre (1890-1930).
Luminous translations
of this brilliant,
little-known
poet.
Cover drawing by Christine Schmidt.
2008. 5.25" x 7". Paperback,saddle-stitched.
$7.00
THE BEST AMERICAN POETRY 2007
Edited by Michael Price & Kevin Opstedal.
A dozen poems by a dozen poets. The best of
the best by such household names as
Valerie Bang, Rachel Donner & Morrison Lopez.
2008. Paper, 5.25" x 8", saddle-stapled.
$7.00
SANTA CRUZ
by Kevin Opstedal.
Fifteen poems from the rusty razor's
edge of the California coast.
2008. Paper, 5.25" x 8", saddle-stapled.
$7.00
THE YEAR OF THE MOTHER
by Michael Price.
Poems smuggled in from a dirt floor
cantina in an undisclosed location in
Central America. Tough, true and forever
in your debt, Triste...these are the kind of
road songs Deke Thornton forgot to telegraph
Townes Van Zandt that night in El Paso.
2007. Paperback, Paper, 5.25" x 8", saddle-
stitched. $10.
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