Hamburger Valley, California by David McGimpsey

By David McGimpsey

Canadian poetry, good done, with every little thing, to move. Hamburger Valley, California is David McGimpsey’s funniest and such a lot compelling assortment thus far. together with his unapologetic love of pop culture, he offers an intricate lyric postcard, which explores, from a so much unprivileged seat at the most cost-effective bus, love and (somebody else’s) status. McGimpsey demanding situations the bonds of position in an international (American) economic system — with own heat and attribute wisecracking — bold to dream of break out not just to an impossibly meaty Southern California, yet to the sous-sol of the poetic center. How do we top rejoice the l. a. subway? What’s Wayne Gretzky doing in retirement? What delusion stems from a British cleaning soap opera big name? How is practical getting older daredevil Evel Knieval? What did Mike Pearson say to LBJ? Who the hell is Vili Fualauu? How does slicing sessions bring about absurd fantasies of Toronto? what's going to occur within the subsequent millennium? What rhymes with Liberace? McGimpsey solutions those questions in a manner that might make you think that you usually desired to understand the reply. The bold, hilarious name poem, even though, is the pièce de resistance: it braves each point of hamburger lore as a reaction to what Shakespeare referred to as, “the plague and sighing of grief.” No fast snack, Hamburger Valley, California is a poetry lover’s grand buffet.

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