Introducing Irony: A Book of Poetic Short Stories and Poems
INTRODUCING IRONY
A BOOK OF POETIC SHORT STORIES AND POEMS
BY MAXWELL BODENHEIM
NEW YORK BONI AND LIVERIGHT 1922
Copyright, 1922, by Boni & Liveright, Inc. Printed in the United States of America
To FEDYA RAMSAY WHOSE HAND NEVER LEAVES MY SHOULDER
Some of the poems and stories in this book have appeared in The Dial , Harper’s Bazaar , The Little Review , The Nation , Cartoons Magazine , Poetry , A Magazine of Verse , The New York Globe , The Bookman , Vanity Fair , The Measure and The Double Dealer
INTRODUCING IRONY
Maxwell Bodenheim
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CONTENTS
JACK ROSE
SEAWEED FROM MARS
I
II
III
IV
V
TURMOIL IN A MORGUE
CONDENSED NOVEL
MANNERS
NOVEL CONVERSATION
THE SCRUB-WOMAN
II
MEDITATIONS IN A CEMETERY
SIMPLE ACCOUNT OF A POET’S LIFE
CANDID NARRATIVE
I
II
UNLITERARY AND SHAMELESS
TWO SONNETS TO MY WIFE
I
II
FINALITIES
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IMAGINARY PEOPLE
UNEASY REFLECTIONS
SUMMER EVENING: NEW YORK SUBWAY-STATION
GARBAGE-HEAP
IMPULSIVE DIALOGUE
EMOTIONAL MONOLOGUE
PRONOUNCED FANTASY
II
WHEN SPIRITS SPEAK OF LIFE
INSANITY
POETRY
RELIGION
II
SCIENTIFIC PHILOSOPHY
ART
MUSIC
ETHICS
HISTORY
PSYCHIC PHENOMENA
LOVE