Pleasure.Pleasure Gary Young Heyday hey·day n. The period of greatest popularity, success, or power; prime. [Perhaps alteration of heyda, exclamation of pleasure, probably alteration of Middle English hey, hey. Books PO Box 9145, Berkeley, CA 94709 1597140236 $12.95 www.heydaybooks.com Pleasure is an eclectic and vivid account of the many aspects of the persistence of pleasure presented by the delightful poetry of Gary Young set down in a true and comely come·ly adj. come·li·er, come·li·est 1. Pleasing and wholesome in appearance; attractive. See Synonyms at beautiful. 2. Suitable; seemly: comely behavior. prose poems prose poem Work in prose that has some of the technical or literary qualities of poetry (such as regular rhythm, definitely patterned structure, or emotional or imaginative heightening) but that is set on a page as prose. . From deviant deviant /de·vi·ant/ (de´ve-int) 1. varying from a determinable standard. 2. a person with characteristics varying from what is considered standard or normal. de·vi·ant adj. to cherishing to subtle, Pleasure tactfully tact·ful adj. Possessing or exhibiting tact; considerate and discreet: a tactful person; a tactful remark. tact and sensitively presents the inevitable aspect of human nature at its greatest. A woman kneeling at our table began to tell a story. It was my birthday, she said, I was ten, and I rode my new bike through a pasture on a dare. I was almost across when a bull charged from the far side of the field. I climbed a fence just in time, but the bull mad a wreck of my bike. She paused, and I could see that her neck was much whiter than her shoulders or her face--I suppose her hair had just been cut. It's strange, she said, the things you never forget.--Gary Young, Pleasure (p. 70) |
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