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Ridiculous Positions

Ridiculous Positions

O'Carroll, Chris

Paperback

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ISBN10: 1948521288
ISBN13: 9781948521284
Publisher: Human Error Publishing
Published: Mar 14 2026
Pages: 106
Weight: 0.34
Height: 0.22 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Chris O'Carroll's newest collection of poems adroitly leads us to laugh at poisonous mushrooms, cancer treatments, umlauts, Paradise Lost, and even the mad clown in the Oval Office. Yet O'Carroll's neatly rhymed and metered couplets, quatrains, sonnets, clerihews, and double dactyls never dodge the hard truths-as when Dylan Thomas' liver ponders the what-ifs of a life that's mostly a blur, and when a half-playful battle metaphor for cancer t reatment ends with the poignant plea from the speaker to his body, please, be my friend again. In splendid illustrations of the rule that brevity is the soul of wit, O'Carroll captures the essence of Bob Newhart in two lines, and traces the history of birds in poetry in eight. The reader hears a remarkable variety of voices in this collection, including the self-deprecating bewilderment of a man acknowledging more than two genders, the smirking amusement of a Gilbert & Sullivan fan, and throughout, the clever candor of a poet who is never wholly silly (though sex may be, according to the title poem). -Jean L. Kreiling, author Home and Away and Shared History

Praise for Chris O'Carroll's earlier books Chris O'Carroll has for years been making me augh until the tears run. -Rhina P. Espaillat

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