How to Laugh, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

There really is an intelligence to these that creates a texture unlike any other; I can't yet describe it but it has to do with variable motions and rhythms, time signatures almost, that strike me as always alert, always attentive, always capable.-William Fuller\"These poems are all inviting, and it seems to me that's an amazingly rare quality in poems, and even this old Brit submits to the pleasure they give. . . . There's radiance from all these poems.\"-John Wilkinson\"Miles Champion uses just the necessary words, and puts them in interesting places: definitely hard to film.\"-Tom RaworthWalls\" Walls give bound to a susceptible formalism Spring bends the show of things to a brain-like source Signs of rust abandon a whistle or paint chip Problems are prefigured like flowers Roofs frisk in the air Bridges flip an aesthetic switch Leaves transfigure maples and alders Dust comes into ear Extremities milling about Miles Champion moved to New York City from London in 2002. His other books of poetry include Sore Models, Facture, Eventually, and Three Bell Zero .\""Miles Champion's books include Sore Models and Three Bell Zero. His recent collaborations with artists include Trevor Winkfield and one in latex with Jane South. He moved to New York from London in 2002. | How to Laugh, Paperback | Indigo Chapters