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Hickey, Averett (Spring 2025)
Abstract
The poems in Drive Fast, Worship Language are energetic in their movement, complex in their construction, and obsessive in their examination of many different subjects. This collection follows the poet’s mind as it traverses a vast landscape of lived experiences, ranging from graffiti and reckless driving to family relationships and encounters with the natural world. The formal terrain of the project is equally expansive, encompassing received forms such as the American sonnet, golden shovel, burning haibun and others. Drive Fast, Worship Language also deploys new forms devised by the poet to address the unique demands of individual poems, allowing for constant innovation and evolution throughout the collection. Themes of recklessness and its consequences, substance abuse, mental health struggles, and inheritance pervade the work. Drive Fast, Worship Language explores how a collection of poems can reimagine one’s lived experiences, while at the same time serving as a nexus of reflection upon the personal histories that inform the work.
Table of Contents
1 Oral History
I
4 The Golden Shovel
5 Nag’s Head
6 Dad in Late December
7 One Year Mom Got Shingles
8 Intervention
9 American Elm
10 Rearview
11 Drive Fast, Worship Language
12 End of Sumer
II
15 King of Stenches
16 Santa Fe
17 Recall Bias
18 Instant Release
19 Walking Meditation
20 Second Attempt
21 Tattoo Aftercare
22 Epipremnum
23 For Jo
24 Dad in Late December
25 Variation on a Paradelle
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