Point Spread Poems

by Paul Cameron Brown

POINT SPREAD POEMS

BY

PAUL CAMERON BROWN

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

[ 9] WINDFALL [11] TURNCOAT [13] GANGLAND [15] NIGHT FISHING AT ANTIBES [17] SABBAT [19] SHIVAREE [21] POINT SPREAD [24] (THE TORONTO STAR, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30,1985) [25] READING THE TIDES: PETROGLYPH PARK [27] FABULIST [28] ACE OF SPADES [29] WILD CARD [30] 1920'S FLICKER [31] CANDLELIGHT IN BLACK [32] HIGHGATE [34] CAPE OF GOOD HOPE [35] PICPUS [37] ILLUMINAIRE [38] CARNIVAL AND LENT [40] TERMINAL LIVING [45] MIDPOINT [46] TWINKLING OF AN EYE [47] SERENADE [49] HIDDEN AGENDA [50] ADVENTURER [51] SLIPPER [52] HELLULAND [53] TRINKETS [54] A THIEF'S NOTEBOOK [55] WARHORSE [57] TEETER-TOTTER [58] CHEMIN DE FER [60] WITHIN REACH [62] COUNTESS [63] COUNTESS II [64] PALEFACE [65] CUD [67] CURRENCY [68] REFRESHER COURSE [69] GHOST TALES [70] WANDERLUST [73] PASTICHE [76] BOCA [84] WORK IN PROGRESS [88] HARDCASES

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"In the five and dime
store where I first fell
in love with unreality."
Lawrence Ferrenghetti