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Dean & Pam (Coulter) Blehert CDs, Books, Etc...

Please, Lord, Make Me a Famous Poet or at Least Less Fat (Book)

or Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Poetry But Were Afraid If You Asked, Someone Would Start Talking About Whatchamajigger Pentameter by Dean Blehert

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Uproarious book of poetry about poetry. Takes on all comers, Beowulf through Plath and even the poetry slam. No toes go untrodden. Deft, outrageous parody and satire. "Dean Blehert is a radical innovator in contemporary poetry. He has rediscovered pleasure. His poems are - how contrarian - both fun to read and wonderfully perceptive about the follies of modern life. I hope he represents the cutting edge of poetry for the new millennium. But if not, we can console ourselves by rereading him." Dana Gioia. "What a banquet!! -- a feast of wit, wild and wonderful -- incredibly clever!" Lyn Lifshin

ISBN 1-892261-03-0, 416 pp. , indexed by subject and title, illustrated by Pam Coulter, publ. Words & Pictures East Coast, 1999

No Cats Have Been Harmed or Mutilated During the Making of This Book (Book)

But Some of Them Are Disappointed -- Very Disappointed -- in Me

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Mainstream, Gil Lamont: "Blehert's poems grab me by the scruff of the neck and demand to be read.... It's like eating potato chips, you can't stop at just one. Only the occasional eulogies that brought a lump to my throat made me want to stop for a while, and reflect on cats I've lost over the years.... This is too good a book to keep selfishly. Buy two, one for you, one for your friends, and be grateful that Blehert has so accurately let us look at ourselves too, through our foibles as cats' caregivers and surrogate parents and servants."

ISBN No. 0-9644857-5-3, 80 pp. (Originally published by Words & Pictures Press in 1996)

I Swear He Was Laughing (Book)

Poems About Dogs (Mostly) Who Only THINK They Are People, But Aren't, So Can't Read This Book, So Will You Please Read It for Them?

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For anyone who has ever loved or been loved by a dog. Mainstream, Tina Perry: "...a delightful book of poems about everyone's best friends, dogs. The book made me laugh, smile, and it also brought tears to my eyes." "Dogs sweat through their tongues. /I'm being licked on the cheek /by a dog's armpit." "The dog has had enough cuddling /and uncoils off the bed. /I stare at my skin, /watching for any freckles /that move." "Old friend, I hear one of my years is seven of yours. /I'd slow for you if I could."

ISBN No. 0-9644857-4-5, 81 pp. (Originally published by Words & Pictures Press in 1996)

Poems For Adults and Other Children (Book)

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This is Dean's fourth book of poetry. Most of the poems in this book are taken from the issues of his popular and momular poetry letter, Deanotations. Some of them are funny and may have been intended that way. One, "The Doll's Journey," may be a story for children; scholars still debate whether the children of Blehert's time could have understood it. The other poems, it is widely agreed, are for grown-ups, but only those who don't understand what the scholars are talking about.

ISBN 0-838823-01-9 (Originally published by Pogment Press in Reston in 1988)

The Naked Clowns (Book)

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The clowns in these poems are men and women in love or wanting to be, all dressed up in bodies so as to be naked for each other. The poems range from ribald to lyrical, from earthy to ethereal, but all live up to the title.

ISBN 0-86666-017-8 (Originally published by Great Western Publishing Co. Inc in 1981)

Dear Reader (Book - out of print - limited copies available)

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