FRANK PARMA POEMS: THE CONTENTS: A TABLE

poems for the poem god (and you!)

• dead trees i'm sorry
• doctors are wrong
• dogs can't write poetry
• don't forget to tell your love
• everyone hates billy collins
• flying is not dangerous
• harriet monroe should have published my poems
• highly reassuring love song
• i dreamed of setting the world on fire
• i made a to do list
• language is a living thing
• love is a lawless land
• modern art am i right
• not every poem is a world
• poem for frank parma on his 50th birthday by himself
• poems make money
• poets and stars are alike in some ways but different in others
• some books age better than others
• some people have children when the world is clearly ending
• song of books that go on too long
• song of infinities
• song of the dream of flight
• song of your mom
• song of submission guidelines
• the heart is a muscle the size of Wyoming
• the point is a metaphor
• there has never been a better time to write poetry
• what will the poets do when all the birds are extinct
• you don't have to love a country
• you were a child once