Startling

A collection of lyric and experimental poems and poem-series, including the Twentieth Century Valentines (STD poems), the Euphonics (especially "The Ballad of the Bee"), and, The Truth about Meat, and many other poems about cancer, birth, and love. The collection was runner-up in the 2003 Turning Point competition and was first published by Turning Point in 2004. It was reprinted by Cockeyed Press in 2009.