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    Amphetamine Heart
    Amphetamine Heart
    Amphetamine Heart
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    Amphetamine Heart

    By Liz Worth

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    Filtered through insomnia and distress signals, Amphetamine Heart pumps out an atonal pulse over flashes of lowered inhibitions. Channelling punk and heavy metal influences, this poetry collection’s soundtrack is set to a backdrop of boozecans and broken glass. Written over a three-year period, these poems are linked by discomfort and decay, frequently capturing the urgency of paranoia and self-harm. Amphetamine Heart is about excess and the imbalance that it brings. It’s about people who don’t remember how they got home at the end of the night. It’s about broken illusions and the dark undercurrents that often permeate party culture. {Guernica Editions}
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGuernica
    Release dateJan 1, 2011
    ISBN9781550715804
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      When most people think of poetry, they think of love poems or rhyming couplets. Liz Worth presents a different kind of poetry. Her work focuses on sex and excess, a gritty kind of poetry. Her use of imagery allows the reader to perfectly visualize each poem, putting her right in it, allowing her to experience it even if the situation is unfamiliar, which it will be to few. Her use of alliteration adds to this by giving it a musical quality, making each poem perfect for a slam. While definitely for more mature audiences, the poems within this collection will resonate with many, for better or worse.

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    Amphetamine Heart - Liz Worth

    LIZ WORTH

    AMPHETAMINE HEART

     FIRST POETS SERIES 10

    GUERNICA

    Toronto – Buffalo – Lancaster (U.K.)

    2011  

    Contents

    Part One: Winter Hunger

    Definitions 

    On Cheetah’s Speed 

    Street Ends 

    Inner Escape 

    Sick Day Holiday 

    Attention to Detail 

    Beginner’s Guide 

    Everything Unglued 

    J. 

    2:34 a.m. 

    Part Two: Lowered Inhibitions

    Damp Mattress Rewind 

    Sustain 

    Asymmetry

    Boozecan 

    Second Guessing 

    It’s in the Hips 

    Vigil 

    M. 

    Part Three: Before the Thaw

    Flattening 

    Internal Dialogue 

    Between Us 

    Jackal 

    Goat Horn 

    The Underlying 

    In No State 

    Fractions 

    Fox and Deer 

    Before the Thaw 

    B.V. 

    Part Four: Oral Fixations

    Amphetamine Heart 

    Caught 

    The Sequence of Equation 

    Machinations 

    The Metabolic Rate 

    Caution Tape 

    Dog Bless 

    Frantic 

    Acknowledgements 

    for my old friend insomnia

    Definitions

    We shared cigarettes swapped in time with the circular motions of cats about to pounce with backs up like blades, protecting against plagiarized emotions. With our hair teased into tufts of fur we ensured we were not vulnerable against Substance’s rape of youth. We wanted

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