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    For Days Adam Strauss BlazeVOX [books] Of For Days Adam Strauss writes that these poems record “what happens when ongoingness, dailiness, is mixed with highly wrought/overdetermining elements, and hence the use (abuse?) of the pantoum, sonnets, and terza rima.” That’s a fair description, but what’s missing in that little modus operandi but present in the work itself is the music of alliteration, assonance and rhyme schemes falling apart under the pressure of faux pedestrianism. Read Days as daze, the pedestrian almost falling off the sidewalk, or stumbling over the graves of Shakespeare, Dante and Petrarch, to say nothing of Ashbery, Koch and O’Hara. Think New Formalism under deconstruction, “My Favorite Things” as revamped by Monk instead of Coltrane. —Tyrone Williams Formally wild, For Days is a kind of chain reaction of circulating imagery and sound, a kind of call and response inside the daily life of self and world. The book teeters on the “verbena laden verge” that’s vamped and revamped again and again. I love how Strauss messes with traditional forms until they overflow with sequins. —Sandra Simonds Adam Strauss’ marvelous For Days digs deeply into the organic possibilities of prescribed form. Page by page, these poems are mother and child of each other. A master of surfaces, Strauss artfully proves that poetry’s ever evolving origins comes from asking “established answers new questions/To arrive at innocent unknowing." The loving attention he pays to the surface of the already written world proves that beauty is still possible for you who “concentrate on where you’re going/In order that you might be blown away…” An impressive debut. —Claudia Keelan Adam Strauss has three chapbooks out: Nation-State (Blazevox); Address (Scantily Clad Press); Perhaps A Girl Elsewhere (Birds of Lace Press); in addition, he has poems which have been published in the Colorado Review, Fence, Interim, 1913: A Journal of Forms and the Parthenon West Review. Book Information: · Paperback: 84 pages · Binding: Perfect-Bound · Publisher: BlazeVOX [books] · ISBN: 978-1-60964-077-4 $16

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    For Days Adam Strauss BlazeVOX [books] Of For Days Adam Strauss writes that these poems record “what happens when ongoingness, dailiness, is mixed with highly wrought/overdetermining elements, and hence the use (abuse?) of the pantoum, sonnets, and terza rima.” That’s a fair description, but what’s missing in that little modus operandi but present in the work itself is the music of alliteration, assonance and rhyme schemes falling apart under the pressure of faux pedestrianism. Read Days as daze, the pedestrian almost falling off the sidewalk, or stumbling over the graves of Shakespeare, Dante and Petrarch, to say nothing of Ashbery, Koch and O’Hara. Think New Formalism under deconstruction, “My Favorite Things” as revamped by Monk instead of Coltrane. —Tyrone Williams Formally wild, For Days is a kind of chain reaction of circulating imagery and sound, a kind of call and response inside the daily life of self and world. The book teeters on the “verbena laden verge” that’s vamped and revamped again and again. I love how Strauss messes with traditional forms until they overflow with sequins. —Sandra Simonds Adam Strauss’ marvelous For Days digs deeply into the organic possibilities of prescribed form. Page by page, these poems are mother and child of each other. A master of surfaces, Strauss artfully proves that poetry’s ever evolving origins comes from asking “established answers new questions/To arrive at innocent unknowing." The loving attention he pays to the surface of the already written world proves that beauty is still possible for you who “concentrate on where you’re going/In order that you might be blown away…” An impressive debut. —Claudia Keelan Adam Strauss has three chapbooks out: Nation-State (Blazevox); Address (Scantily Clad Press); Perhaps A Girl Elsewhere (Birds of Lace Press); in addition, he has poems which have been published in the Colorado Review, Fence, Interim, 1913: A Journal of Forms and the Parthenon West Review. Book Information: · Paperback: 84 pages · Binding: Perfect-Bound · Publisher: BlazeVOX [books] · ISBN: 978-1-60964-077-4 $16

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    For Days Adam Strauss BlazeVOX [books] Of For Days Adam Strauss writes that these poems record “what happens when ongoingness, dailiness, is mixed with highly wrought/overdetermining elements, and hence the use (abuse?) of the pantoum, sonnets, and terza rima.” That’s a fair description, but what’s missing in that little modus operandi but present in the work itself is the music of alliteration, assonance and rhyme schemes falling apart under the pressure of faux pedestrianism. Read Days as daze, the pedestrian almost falling off the sidewalk, or stumbling over the graves of Shakespeare, Dante and Petrarch, to say nothing of Ashbery, Koch and O’Hara. Think New Formalism under deconstruction, “My Favorite Things” as revamped by Monk instead of Coltrane. —Tyrone Williams Formally wild, For Days is a kind of chain reaction of circulating imagery and sound, a kind of call and response inside the daily life of self and world. The book teeters on the “verbena laden verge” that’s vamped and revamped again and again. I love how Strauss messes with traditional forms until they overflow with sequins. —Sandra Simonds Adam Strauss’ marvelous For Days digs deeply into the organic possibilities of prescribed form. Page by page, these poems are mother and child of each other. A master of surfaces, Strauss artfully proves that poetry’s ever evolving origins comes from asking “established answers new questions/To arrive at innocent unknowing." The loving attention he pays to the surface of the already written world proves that beauty is still possible for you who “concentrate on where you’re going/In order that you might be blown away…” An impressive debut. —Claudia Keelan Adam Strauss has three chapbooks out: Nation-State (Blazevox); Address (Scantily Clad Press); Perhaps A Girl Elsewhere (Birds of Lace Press); in addition, he has poems which have been published in the Colorado Review, Fence, Interim, 1913: A Journal of Forms and the Parthenon West Review. Book Information: · Paperback: 84 pages · Binding: Perfect-Bound · Publisher: BlazeVOX [books] · ISBN: 978-1-60964-077-4 $16

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    For Days

    Adam Strauss

    BlazeVOX books Buffalo, NY

    For Days by Adam Strauss Copyright 2012 Published by BlazeVOX [books] All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced without the publishers written permission, except for brief quotations in reviews. Printed in the United States of America Book design by Geoffrey Gatza First Edition ISBN: 978-1-60964-077-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2011939098 BlazeVOX [books] 76 Inwood Place Buffalo, NY 14209 Editor@blazevox.org

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    [Palatinates foreground prognostics like bullfrogs] Palatinates foreground prognostics like bullfrogs. Latinate became late for dinner. At innate a mandible. Anna sallied to Australia. Latinate became late for dinner Due to a power-outage. Anna sallied to Australia Thirty years ago today. Due to a power-outage He looks better than usual. Thirty years ago today I wasnt born. He looks better than usual: It isnt good enough. I wasnt born Yesterday; I wish I was.

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    [It isnt good enough] It isnt good enough To know your shortcomings. Yesterday I wish I was Making pies. To know your shortcomings You mustnt your strengths. Making pies I made a mess. You mustnt: your strengths Indecent. I made a mess Of foreplay. Indecent Proposals piss me off. Of foreplay Hes a genius.

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    [Proposals piss me off] Proposals piss me off When theyre apropos nothing. Hes a genius When it comes to getting his way. When theyre apropos nothing Flutes of champagne rock my world. When it comes to getting his way I make myself an obstacle. Flutes of champagne rock my world Like my unborn baby girl. I make myself an obstacle To understand another way. Like my unborn baby girl Ill grow. To understand another way YouImust change our lives.

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    [Ill grow] Ill grow Tomatoes and fennel and chard. YouImust change our lives If were to restore goodness. Tomatoes and fennel and chard While lards being rendered. If were to restore goodness I suggest you say God please bless. While lards being rendered I not we feel astounded. I suggest you say God please bless Unless you know something we dont. I not we feel astounded How slowly its taken. Unless you know something we dont Dont do that.

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    [How slowly its taken] How slowly its taken For me to come to my senses. Dont do that To me. For me to come to my senses I need your help. To me Pulchritude seems important. I need your help Even if I predict twill be pelf. Pulchritude seems important When theres no-one around. Even if I predict twill be pelf Things may go incontestably well. When theres no-one around I make distressed sounds.

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    [Things may go incontestably well] Things may go incontestably well Depending on an infinity of ifs. I make distressed sounds Remembering how well you hear. Depending on an infinity of ifs I nonetheless set-off. Remembering how well you hear I fear Ill speak off-pitch. I nonetheless set-off For prospects like nowhere. I fear Ill speak off-pitch But there the scale may be different. For prospects like nowhere Put flowers in your hair and heat cinnamon. But there the scale may be different And youll appear monstrous.

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