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Pagan Blues is a countdown, beginning with Ten Assorted Poems, then Nine Love Poems, followed by Eight Non-Poems and ending with One Last Poem. There are light poems, dark poems, poems lost and found. “Modern Gospel” recounts scenes from the life of Jesus through assorted films, “Testimonial” is an infomercial in verse, while “Lynching Poems” explores a dark time in the not-so-distant past when postcards and photosets of lynchings were sold in neighborhood stores throughout America. Influences along the way range from Samuel Beckett to E. E. Cummings, from Ted Hughes to Anne Sexton.