Plum Smash and Other Flashbulbs

by Ryan Gallagher

Poetry. Written over 2000 and 2001, many of these poems take the form of sketches and personal letters to friends. Mixing the mundane with the unexpected, Gallagher's collection is playful, surreal and irreverent. In "Cedar," he writes, "Pistachio is better than pastiche/ but not as good as Petruchio in the Taming/ of the Shrew? What depends on shadow?/ A twitch of Eros. It can be catchy Snap/ snap snap poets are really funny/ like mousetraps on fingers."...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0971193568
• ISBN13: 9780971193567
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Bootstrap Productions
• Length: 58 Pages