The Apnea Poems

By Bill Yarrow

100 poems written while suffering from severe sleep apnea. Plus an introductory essay about apnea and writing.

1.FLORID PSYCHOSIS
2.WHIPLASH MARRIAGE
3.BEFORE THE DOOR
4.EYES OFF THE ROAD
5.PAIN
6.BURYING THE HATCHET
7.NOT THAT KIND OF PAIN
8.STARTLE REFLEX
9.IN MY NEPHRITIC DREAMS
10.SELF ALASKA
11.I AM NOT A CORPSE
12.THE REST NOWHERE
13.GABRIELLE IN ARREARS
14.HITTING THE WALL
15.THE CAVE
16.IT’S LIKE
17.TRUMAN COMPOTE
18.BROOKLYN BRIDGE
19.THE BLOCKED TOXIN
20.INHERITAGE
21.WHY GO OUTSIDE?
22.VACUUM CITY
23.NOT ENOUGH SIN TO GO AROUND
24.GREYHOUND
25.CLINCH PARK
26.PRECIPICE OF QUESTIONS
27.DRINKING AN ORANGE JULIUS WHILE LISTENING TO PINK FLOYD
28.BABBLE
29.WE MUST BE CAREFULLY TAUT
30.THE BEAUTIFUL MERCEDES
31.AUGUSTINIAN PRAYER SONNET
32.MUSSEL MEMORY
33.FERDINAND GETS MARRIED
34.THE EMPTY BED
35.SEARCHING FOR THE WORD
36.LOVE AND HOW IT GETS THAT WAY
37.THE HOUSE FLOUNDER
38.CHATTANOOGA AFTERNOON
39.DISAPPEARING INK
40.FOUR NOBLE LIES
41.THE TSUNAMI FUTURE
42.THE BISON'S ALIMONY
43.CROSSING THE CENTER LINE
44.NOT DROWNING
45.ACUTE AMUSEMENT
46.FISH BOIL
47.THE BEADED SHEATHE
48.SUMMER HELP
49.GEORGE
50.DEMOLITION DERBY
51.STARING AT WAVES
52.SALT THOUGHT
53.IN THE SEAGULL COLONY
54.PICKING THE BARK OFF EXPERIENCE
55.THE LOST BOYS
56.DAD AND THE RED LIGHT
57.A PIECE OF HIM
58.KNOT EYE
59.GREAT MOMENTS IN BLINDNESS
60.BOGDAN
61.THE PAINTER TOURIST
62.NAN SEQUITER
63.THE KNITTING NEEDLE
64.CHAOS UNVEILED
65.IN THE PASTEL CITY
66.SEMI TIRESIAS
67.THE POROUSNESS OF BORDERS
68.AGRA ROAD
69.LOW DOSE YOGA
70.MY NAME IS DZIGA
71.ANNULLING THE FUTURE
72.RAW SALT
73.MT. HARMONICA
74.NOTHING BESIDE REMAINS
75.PETERSON PARK
76.LUNCH POEM
77.CHARLATAN ART
78.ALL KIND OF RUIN
79.GOD’S VIAL
80.BATS IN THE CATACOMB
81.BEES IN THE EAVES
82.NEED
83.PINK
84.CRANSHAW ON A BOAT
85.JOAN OF DARK
86.NATCHEZ SHRAPNEL
87.BONE DENSITY
88.MY BOOKS
89.WHAT HAPPENED?
90.RIBS
91.LOOSE END
92.THE PROUD ACCOUNTING
93.AXES
94.DIS-EASE
95.HERE'S LOOKING AT EUCLID
96.PARABOLA TANGO
97.SHE WAITED FOR HIM
98.BLACK ICE ON THE BRIDGE
99.THE HOTEL WHERE ESENIN HANGED HIMSELF
100.PATRIOT AXE

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bill Yarrow
• Release date: Aug 4, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370893133

Bill Yarrow

Bill Yarrow is the author of "Critique of Pure Dreaming" available for free at Smashwords , "Accelerant" from Nixes Mate Books, "Against Prompts" from Lit Fest Press, "The Vig of Love" from Glass Lyre Press, "Blasphemer" from Lit Fest Press, "Pointed Sentences" from BlazeVOX, and six chapbooks—"Flying Blind" from Yavanika Press, "We All Saw It Coming" from Locofo Chaps, "The Lice of Christ" from MadHat Press, "Incompetent Translations and Inept Haiku" from Červená Barva Press, "Fourteen" from Naked Mannekin Press and "Wrench" from Erbacce Press. He is professor emeritus of English at Joliet Junior College where he taught creative writing, Shakespeare, and film.

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