ID a poem for me.

September 24, 2005 9:06 PM

Sometime 5-9 years ago, The New Criterion published a poem divided into parts, one of which ended "bones. bones. bones. bones." (each instance of "bones." being on a separate line). I think that section was headed "things that are white" and it included "your smile". Now I can't remember anything else about it. Any leads as to author, text, etc?
posted by kenko to Media & Arts (5 answers total)

Best answer: "Bones" by Robley Wilson, from the Nov 1998 issue of The New Criterion.
posted by gnat at 9:31 PM on September 24, 2005

Weirdly enough, you can buy the poem from Amazon.
posted by gnat at 9:36 PM on September 24, 2005

Response by poster: Thanks!
posted by kenko at 9:47 PM on September 24, 2005

Not sure if you're still reading this thread, but you can also find it here after you sign up for a "free" trial. (They want a credit card number, though, so I'm guessing it's not free as in speech or free as in beer, but rather free as in "not really.")

However, I should warn you that the article's from High Beam Research, which got mixed reviews in a recent Ask Me post.
posted by Ian A.T. at 11:21 PM on September 24, 2005

I should have mentioned, some library databases may have the poem for free.
posted by gnat at 7:42 AM on September 25, 2005