The Gettysburg Undress, by Rick Lupert
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Rick Lupert's The Gettysburg Undress is a delightful romp through the museums and tourist attractions of the mid-Atlantic States. I found it more believable than Steinbeck's Travels with Charlie. His wife, Addie, is a more interesting personality by far than a poodle. His observations are written in a minimalist style which is a cross between Basho and Brautigan. Each poem is a tiny masterpiece. Some poems, like "Animal Hospital," strike a ghostly chord. His humor is inclusive, making the reader part of the mission - to bring the fun back to poetry by entertaining the heck out of you, plus making you think about the world. ~Hal Sirowitz former Poet Laureate of Queens, New York
The Gettysburg Undress, by Rick Lupert- Amazon Sales Rank: #2043002 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-03-19
- Released on: 2015-03-19
- Format: Kindle eBook
About the Author Los Angeles poet Rick Lupert is the author of many books of poetry, including this one that you are reading about right now. He was awarded the Distinguised Service Award by Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center in Venice, California. He has been widely published and regularly performs his work at any place that has air conditioning or that serves food as part of the festivities. He lives in Southern California with his wife, Addie, son, three cats, and a frog.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. The funniest travel book you'll ever read! Clothing optional! By Kindle Customer When I was tasked with writing a review of Rick Lupert's latest book of poetry, The Gettysburg Undress, I was excited. Why? I thought it would be easy since Rick is one of my favorite poets, and a wonderful person who has done so much for the poetry community not just of Greater Los Angeles, but also worldwide with his Poetry Super Highway site, and phone in poetry open reading podcasts. Not to mention that he was the generous host of the long standing, but now sadly defunct open reading at the Cobalt Cafe, who made gorgeous broadsides for every featured reader. Instead it's the opposite experience because how do I do justice to a writer I admire so much? Do I take off my clothes, but here in Phoenix, as I can't afford the plane ticket to Gettysburg? It is in the 90's here already. It could be refreshing. However, my thighs will stick to the chair, so I go hyper literal instead, and opt to write in pants, and a shirt. It's a good thing I opted for clothes, since The Gettysburg Undress is an anthology of poetry about a family vacation that Rick Lupert took with his wife, Addie, and four year old son to Washington D.C., and other nearby historical sights in the Midatlantic states. Nudity just doesn't seem appropriate, even if there is a lot of potty type humor, and a few descriptions of actual bathrooms. In my defense there are a lot of body references, and one wish for nudity in Lupert's delightfully droll observational poetic voice.Age Test with Rick LupertDo you feel your age?asks one man. So Itake my hands and touchdifferent parts of my body,pause to consider, then answer.No, about ten years youngerwhich gives me an idea for anew kind of Guess Your Age booth. With section headings like "we arrive in washington d.c. and do things which are documented on the following pages," brilliantly concise, laugh out loud pieces such as:Children, Don’t Read This I misread a sign that says Gusty Winds Area as Guilty Winds Area and think My God, who did they blow now?Lupert captures the associative absurdity of life as an adult, while flawlessly capturing the whimsical honesty of the inner smart ass child that never really dies in those of us who can keep from willingly jamming sticks up back door orifices. Although most of the poems are short, and a few are only one line, there are longer pieces such as the fourteen stanza, At the Air and Space Museum, itself a microcosm of the experience of the reading of the rest of the book, with each verse a complete short poem in itself. If you can't already tell, I love the book. Rick Lupert has such a distinct voice, and since I've seen and heard him read his work live, I could hear his voice in my head as I read. As a work of poetry, The Gettysburg Undress is highly successful, and as a piece of humorously honest travel writing, it far surpasses the popular prose author, Bill Bryson. Somehow I turned very serious. I guess that can happen when one wears pants. Perhaps I should have at least gone braless. But now that this review is done, I can go disrobe. Although I do need to go to the library. Perhaps I should wait until later, so I don't get arrested.(This review was first published at http://poeticdiversity.org, April 2015)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. poignant AND funny By Paula I've liked Rick's poetry a long time, and this is a great addition to our collection! We were reading some of poems aloud last night and had some good laughs. The 'need to wipe tears out of our eyes' kind of laughs. GREAT!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. The Pinball Machine of the Waking Mind By Michael Finley There are not a lot of poets who have found a way to be readable in the post-literary world we must crawl through. Rick Lupert is one of a handful of exceptions I look to for that fresh, unprecious perspective. To read him is to venture into both his cerebral cortex and limbic system, playing pinball with his thoughts and fears. You want to support poetry but you're afraid of giving comfort to the mediocre and the self-involved, here's your chance. This book deserves six months in your bathroom, right alongside the bath gel.
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