HOMACE - For my mother, Jan Eisenberg - 1930-2017

Sep 29, 2026

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HOMACE is a poetry collection dedicated to family and influential mentors, with front matter credits for authorship, editing, printing, and publication details. The table of contents lists a sequence of poems, including a dedicated section addressing Oppenheimer and works such as “Schrödinger’s Cab,” “I This Is How,” “Schrödinger’s Cab,” and multiple Miami-related pieces. The book also provides author background and acknowledgements, situating the poems within a literary and publication context.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages68

Reading Time1 h 45 min

AccessFree to download

Table of Contents

GIMME THAT.DON’T SMITE ME.

SCHRÖDINGER'S CAB - IOTHIS IS HOW - IIPARTY LINE - I,962 - I2

WHO LIKES MAGIC?

QUAKES IN CHINA - ISONNET FOR THE LONG CHILDHOOD

THE BARGAIN - HOUSE

THE COURSE OF THE MARRIAGE - AGUACERO

THEY MAY NOT MEAN TO,BUT THEY DO

GIRAFFE, THE ARK

GEE, CAIN, WHY THE LONG FACE?

HOW I BECAME KING

FIVE MIAMI STORNELLI

THE ALIEN CORN

1975

MY FATHER IN THE NEW WORLD

THE OLD COUNTRY

FPS

ON COURTSHIP

EROS IS EROS IS EROS

FRANCIS, XANTHUS, & MR.ED

BRING ME THE SUNFLOWER

THE POET

SONOGRAM

CROATOAN

THE PRESENT

THE ODDS

AT EVENING

THE ORDER

# HOMACE TO MISTRESSOPPENHEIMER STEVEKRONEN POETRY OO ① # HOMAGE TOMISTRESS OPPENHEIMER # HOMACE TOMISTRESSOPPENHEIMER # STEVEKRONEN OO EYEWEAR PUBLISHING First published in 20I8by Eyewear Publishing LtdSuite 333,I9-2I Crawford StreetMarylebone,London WIH IPJUnited Kingdom Cover design and typeset by Edwin SmetAuthor photograph by Sophie Kronen Printed in England by TJ International Ltd,Padstow,Cornwall All rights reservedC20I8 Steve Kronen The right of Steve Kronen to be identified as author ofthis work has been asserted in accordance with section 77of the Copyright,Designs and Patents Act I988ISBN 978-I-9I2477-I3-5 The editor has generally followed American spelling and punctuationat the author's request. WWW.EYEWEARPUBLISHING.COM C For my mother,Jan Eisenberg-I930-20I7 For Ron DeMaris,kind mentor and friend-I930-20I7 Steve Kronen’s previous collections are Splendor(BOA)andEmpirical Evidence(University of Georgia Press).His workhas appeared in The New Republic,Poetry,The AmericanScholar,AGNI,The American Poetry Review,Plume,Little Star,The Georgia Review,Ploughshares,The Southern Review,Slate,The Yale Review,the New Statesman,The Paris Review,PoetryDaily,The Threepenny Review,and elsewhere.A graduate ofWarren Wilson's MFA program,he has received an NEA,three Florida Individual Artist fellowships,the Cecil HemleyMemorial Award from the Poetry Society of America,the James Boatwright Poetry Prize from Shenandoah,andfellowships from Bread Loaf,and the Sewanee Writers'Conferences.He is a librarian in Miami where he lives withhis wife,novelist Ivonne Lamazares. 6 # TABLE OF CONTENTS GIMME THAT.DON’T SMITE ME.—9SCHRÖDINGER'S CAB—IOTHIS IS HOW—IIPARTY LINE,I962—I2WHO LIKES MAGIC?—I4QUAKES IN CHINA—IS SONNET FOR THE LONG CHILDHOOD—I6THE BARGAIN—I7HOUSE—I8 THE COURSE OF THE MARRIAGE—I9AGUACERO—20THEY MAY NOT MEAN TO,BUT THEY DO—22 GIRAFFE,THE ARK—22 GEE,CAIN,WHY THE LONG FACE?—24 THEY MAY NOT MEAN TO,BUT THEY DO—25HOWI BECAME KING—26FIVE MIAMI STORNELLI—28THE ALIEN CORN—29I975—3I MY FATHER IN THE NEW WORLD—32THE OLD COUNTRY—33FPS—34 ON COURTSHIP—36EROS IS EROS IS EROS—37 FRANCIS,XANTHUS,&MR.ED—40BRING ME THE SUNFLOWER—4ITHE POET—42SONOGRAM—43CROATOAN—44THE PRESENT—45 THE ODDS—46AT EVENING—48THE ORDER—5o MY YOUNGER SELF—52 KITTY OPPENHEIMER;PECOS,NEW MEXICO,I939—53CONFESSION—55 NOTES—57ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS—59 O T CY

FAQs

Who is the collection dedicated to?

The front matter includes dedications to the author’s mother, Jan Eisenberg (1930-2017), and to Ron DeMaris, described as a kind mentor and friend (1930-2017).

What major poems or sections are listed in the table of contents?

The table of contents enumerates many poems, including “GIMME THAT.DON’T SMITE ME.,” “SCHRÖDINGER'S CAB,” “I THIS IS HOW,” “WHO LIKES MAGIC?,” “SONNET FOR THE LONG CHILDHOOD,” “THE BARGAIN,” “HOUSE,” and others such as “AT EVENING” and “THE ORDER.”

What publication and rights information is provided?

The pages include publication details such as first publication by Eyewear Publishing Ltd, printing in England, cover design and typesetting credits, author photograph credit, and copyright statements for the year 2018 Steve Kronen, along with rights reserved.

Sep 29, 2026

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