Turn the Wheel [Paperback]

Owashtanong Sunrisemillennial bluesLost Lovesthe white-bristled sallow face in the photoOwashtanong Sunriseto you who dreamFranthe receptionEmpire of SorrowsSolihull to MaryleboneThe FourthTurn the Wheelplanting salvia & marigolds in rain,Ghazal of the High PlateauFrankie's Bluesdried leaves flashing before full moonYeah, an' here he was,'La Goulue' Considers His Linesthe passing shapeswhen they were youngerTender Petals for Calm CrossingLear by lanternlightThe AbyssReading the SignsMy BikeWaking OpheliaThe GiftHer memory comesthat she canAfter the snowstormShatteredThe dharma at lastCross-eyed farewellThe Disappearing SagesThe People Themselvesas the dryers rolledThe Michigan Dead at SharpsburgTraffic Backup, Chesapeake Bay Bridge RoadThe People ThemselvesAfter Du BellayClearing the Gazebo RoofOut thru the eye beyond the starsthe years in a winkon the moonlit roadthe distorted mirrorGone (as you are)ground zeroBlue Notes for New YorkIn SilenceL'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelleAnthrax'dBomb Fragments, Body Parts,ER Saturday NightWhaddya getBlinding snow freeway rush hourGone (as you are)The Broken NoteIn a Sentimental MoodMadadeyo in dreamsAncient of DaysDreaming: Valley of the SunCanyon Rim to Hopi Point by MoonlightPassover Blood MarketAfter RonsardEmile at the CrossroadThe Broken NotePraise for Turn the Wheel:

The news that stays news is the modus operandi of Turn the Wheel: bracing, smart, tight, perfectly greased works, luminous and poignant by turn. I enjoy Cope's stretch from familial to sublime and his consummate poet's generous heart. The songs keep churning and turning after the pages do their turn. I send you this wish where tender petals turn, open in both darkness and light. -Anne Waldman

David Cope's poetry reaches into true silence and from that place within himself derives its indelible sanity of gothic dreams, direct musicality, sustained multiple resonance, objectivist heart, vernacular ear. His wolÃ)