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Grand & Arsenal Grand & Winner of the Iowa Poetry Prize Arsenal by Kerri Webster University of Iowa Press Iowa City University of Iowa Press, Iowa City 52242 Copyright © 2012 by Kerri Webster www.uiowapress.org Printed in the United States of America Design by Richard Hendel No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher. All reasonable steps have been taken to contact copyright holders of material used in this book. The publisher would be pleased to make suitable arrangements with any whom it has not been possible to reach. This is a work of poetry; any resemblance to actual events or persons is entirely coincidental. The University of Iowa Press is a member of Green Press Initiative and is committed to preserving natural resources. A special thanks to Jane Mead, the 2011 Iowa Poetry Prize judge. Printed on acid-free paper isbn-13: 978-1-60938-091-5 isbn-10: 1-60938-091-6 lccn: 2011938440 For Kathleen Finneran Did you know that every chair in this room is stuffed with the hair of horses I’ve loved? — Murder at the Gallop, MGM, 1963 About halfway to River Heights, while enjoying the pastoral scenes of cows standing knee-high in shallow sections of the stream, and sheep grazing on flower-dotted hillsides, Nancy suddenly realized the sun had been blotted out. — Carolyn Keene, The Secret of the Old Clock She looked like someone had just set her favorite city on fire. — Kelly Link, “The Hortlak” Contents 1 3 Invoke, 3 The Book of Agatha, 53 Oracle Weather, 4 Doppelganger, 56 Keeper, Keeper, 6 Implanted Memories, 57 Atomic Clock, 9 Vernal, Utah, 58 The Book of Matthew, 20 The Palace at 4 A.M., 59 Seed Vault, 26 Sea Voyage, 60 In the Exclusion Zone, 62 2 Letter to a Young Poet, 64 Tinnitus, 33 Foretold, 66 Make of Her Peril a Figure, 34 Ecophilia, 67 Empire Coat, 36 All the Way from Here, 69 Places I Haven’t Slept, 39 Polysemy, 40 Postscript, 73 Thrift, 44 Notes, 77 Little Ornaments, 45 Diorama, 49 9
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