{"product_id":"jim-dunn-angry-bulls-cadence","title":"Jim Dunn: Angry Bull's Cadence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJim Dunn’s \u003cem\u003eAngry Bull’s Cadence\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a unique little book of Abecedarian poems, one of the oldest forms of acrostic poems traditionally used for sacred and didactic purposes. These 26 poems written in bursts of Alphabetic inspiration, were written meticulously over a 10 year period. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey each have strange and curious rhythms and energies \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-09542609-7fff-8901-ccbb-4fe1fba97dd8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e themes and images emerge under the strict order of the 26 letters of the alphabet. Jim was committed to a strict Abecedarian aesthetic, twenty six poems twenty six words per poem. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFrom each of these 26 poems a certain magic emerges, a poetry of the most basic elements \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-09542609-7fff-8901-ccbb-4fe1fba97dd8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eABCs \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-09542609-7fff-8901-ccbb-4fe1fba97dd8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ean \u003cem\u003eAngry Bull’s Cadence\u003c\/em\u003e that increases with the rhythm and energy of each sparse creation.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Jim Dunn:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e‘In our “systematically stupefied society” (Franklin Rosemont) what refreshment and joy to find these poem-hits in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSoft Launch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Jim Dunn, “flashes of emotional perception that transfigure the sad remains of the City.”’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e—Gerrit Lansing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Jim Dunn’s observant eye looks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn with exquisite concision as he\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTurns the haiku inside-out.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—Neeli Cherkovski\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-0d41c111-7fff-801e-b1a4-8ec0dacfbdba\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘A word angler by trade, Dunn feels his way by measure across current and tide, in kind with hooks at the ends of lines cast sharp and quick: “A clue to your soul \/ Found within the flickering \/ Lost within the sun.” Like modest courage teachers, Dunn knows to work on the other side of time, as a guest of eternal space. Join him here, in this shadow of an open book, in this place where silence speaks.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—Andrew K. Peterson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-c192dfdb-7fff-de8d-6ce0-79efccb2ce11\"\u003eJim Dunn \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003cem\u003eThis Silence is a Junkyard\u003c\/em\u003e (Spuyten Duyvil, 2022), \u003cem\u003eSoft Launch\u003c\/em\u003e (Bootstrap Press\/Pressed Wafer, 2008), \u003cem\u003eConvenient Hole\u003c\/em\u003e (Pressed Wafer, 2004), and \u003cem\u003eInsects in Sex\u003c\/em\u003e (Fallen Angel Press, 1995). His work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eCastle Grayskull\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBlazing Stadium\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCan We Have Our Ball Back?\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBright Pink Mosquito\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Process\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eeoagh\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGerry Mulligan\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCafé Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMeanie\u003c\/em\u003e, and the anthology tribute to John Wieners, \u003cem\u003eThe Blind See Only This World\u003c\/em\u003e. He recently edited the poems of Charley Shively, \u003cem\u003eI Have a Poem for You\u003c\/em\u003e with Erik Lomen for Bootstrap Press. He lives on the North Shore of Boston.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-8e4e1529-7fff-b747-d464-aaa4f04a8fb4\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Bodily Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49522409439425,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0807\/8786\/5793\/files\/JimDunn-AngryBull_sCadenceCOVER6x9.jpg?v=1757086334","url":"https:\/\/bodilypress.com\/products\/jim-dunn-angry-bulls-cadence","provider":"The Bodily Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}