title: Beautiful Wreckage: New & Selected Poems
author:  W D Ehrhart 
description: &#34;A hunger for honesty and a charged lyricism have always made Bill Ehrhart's poetry remarkably his own. Though he's best known for his Vietnam War poems, his BEAUTIFUL WRECKAGE: NEW & SELECTED POEMS includes many lovely poems not about Vietnam. This book deserves serious recognition&#34; -- John Balaban. <BR>&#34;Anyone who can read this book without tears would be well-advised to go back and learn again how to read, and how to llive.&#34; ---Philip Appleman <BR/>&#34;The clarity of vision and depth of feelings in these pages will enhance Bill Ehrhart's standing as a major voice of his generation.&#34; --<i>Daniel Hoffman</i>
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  ## [DEDICATION](index_split_003.html#filepos1173)
  
  
  “The Part About Darrel” is for Molly Brodak
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## [EPIGRAPH](index_split_003.html#filepos1270)
  
  
  Every hundred feet the world changes.
  
  
  > —ROBERTO BOLAÑO, 2666
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## CONTENTS
  
  
  [Dedication](index_split_001.html#filepos305)
  
  
  [Epigraph](index_split_002.html#filepos578)
  
  
  [ONE The Part About Gravey](index_split_004.html#filepos2636)
  
  
  [TWO The Part About the Killing](index_split_064.html#filepos229861)
  
  
  [THREE The Part About Flood (In the City of
  Sod)](index_split_125.html#filepos519240)
  
  
  [FOUR The Part About America](index_split_164.html#filepos720350)
  
  
  [FIVE The Part About Darrel](index_split_202.html#filepos892739)
  
  
  [About the Author](index_split_227.html#filepos991151)
  
  
  [Also by Blake Butler](index_split_228.html#filepos992284)
  
  
  [Back Ad](index_split_229.html#filepos993150)
  
  
  [Copyright](index_split_230.html#filepos993470)
  
  
  [About the Publisher](index_split_231.html#filepos995220)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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