Visiting Hours at the Color Line. Ed Pavlic

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       The National Poetry Series was established in 1978 to ensure the publication of five poetry books annually through five participating publishers. Publication is funded by the Lannan Foundation; Stephen Graham; Joyce & Seward Johnson Foundation; Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds; The Poetry Foundation; and, Olafur Olafsson.

       2012 Competition Winners

      the meatgirl whatever, by Kristin Hatch of San Francisco, CA

      Chosen by K. Silem Mohammad, to be published by Fence Books

      The Narrow Circle, by Nathan Hoks of Chicago, IL

      Chosen by Dean Young, to be published by Penguin Books

      The Cloud that Contained the Lightning, by Cynthia Lowen of Brooklyn, NY

      Chosen by Nikky Finney, to be published by University of Georgia Press

      Visiting Hours at the Color Line, by Ed Pavlić of Athens, GA

      Chosen by Dan Beachy-Quick, to be published by Milkweed Editions

      Failure and I Bury the Body, by Sasha West of Austin, TX

      Chosen by D. Nurkse, to be published by HarperCollins Publishers

      visiting hours at the color line

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       Paraph of Bone & Other Kinds of Blue

      VISITING HOURS AT THE COLOR LINE

      poems

      Ed Pavlić

      milkweed

      editions

      © 2013, Text by Ed Pavlić

      All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical articles or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher: Milkweed Editions, 1011 Washington Avenue South, Suite 300, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415.

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      Published 2013 by Milkweed Editions

      Cover design by Jeenee Lee

      Cover art © Henry Jackson, “Untitled #26-10”

      Author photo by Sunčana Pavlić

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       First Edition

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      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Pavlic, Edward M. (Edward Michael).

      [Poems. Selections]

      Visiting hours at the color line : poems / Ed Pavlic. -- First edition.

      pages cm

      Includes bibliographical references.

      ISBN 978-1-57131-901-2

      I. Title.

      PS3616.A9575V57 2013

      811’.6--dc23

      2012051805

      Milkweed Editions is committed to ecological stewardship. We strive to align our book production practices with this principle, and to reduce the impact of our operations in the environment. We are a member of the Green Press Initiative, a nonprofit coalition of publishers, manufacturers, and authors working to protect the world’s endangered forests and conserve natural resources. Visiting Hours at the Color Line was printed on acid-free 30% postconsumer-waste paper by Versa Press, Inc.

      For Stacey. For Adrienne, in continued presence. And, for Glo.

      “There’s always a ‘more,’ always a ‘soon’.”

      Contents

Verbatim

1.

All American Erotica : A .38 Slug in My Vocal Chords and the One That Got Away

Flight 577 : Atlanta to Chicago : Seat 27 F

Waking Up in Chicago after Dream Song 29

Furlough Blues Sketchpad and My Abortive Stab at a Second Career in Interrogation and a Third at What I Get for Asking

       Verbatim II

       2.

       Written in Oakland, Written Down

       Bright Blindness October 8, 1871 : A Chant

       “Out” : June 11, 2011 2:24 a.m.—A Translation in Approaching Sonnets

       Call It in the Air

       And, But And : Decaying Sonnets

       Freeze

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