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\n100  \n# The Miraculous Courageous\n\nJosh Booton  \n# Winner of the New Measure Poetry Prize\n\nParlor PressAnderson,South Carolinawww.parlorpress.com  \nParlor Press LLC,Anderson,South Carolina,29621  \n◎ 2018 by Parlor PressAll rights reserved.Printed in the United States of America  \nS AN:254-8879  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data on File  \n978-1-60235-447-0(paperback)  \n978-1-60235-448-7(PDF)  \n978-1-60235-466-1(ePub)  \n12345  \nCover design by David Blakesley.  \nCover image:Coral Garden.◎2017 by DKart at istockphoto.  \ncom.Used by permission.  \nPrinted on acid-free paper.  \nParlor Press,LLC is an independent publisher of scholarly andtrade titles in print and multimedia formats.This book is availablein paperback and ebook formats from Parlor Press on the WorldWide Web at http://www.parlorpress.com or through online andbrick-and-mortar bookstores.For submission information or tofind out about Parlor Press publications,write to Parlor Press,3015 Brackenberry Drive,Anderson,South Carolina,29621,oremail editor@parlorpress.com.  \nFor all the deep sea diverswho’ve taught me how to chart the sea.  \nContents  \nthe books all quote my brain is wrongin my first memory mom is crying6anthony says seahorses are gay but7this is where we shakehands stare8the seahorse isn't a real horse 9my mom said don’t always go on10today we practice asking questions11the moon is the ocean’'s clock12the seahorse can hardly swim though  \n13tellme about your friends she says14weather wrecks everything here grays15I like tangerines no.2 pencils sharpened16how was it Jacques diving under17today we practice telling jokes but18this is my collection of brokenmachines19anthony said snap out of it says you cant20if you put an ocean seahorse in a tank21we are all detectives she said searching22I like the sound of yelling faraway23mom says the leaves eat light she says24there's one thing I don’t understand25it doesn’t hurt as much as you26  \npeople on tv are crying again because 27if divers shine waterlights on them28there are places so dark at the bottom29the clouds right now are cumulonimbus30sometimes a shock runs through me31I built one once from two two liters 32are there species Jacques even you33today we practice reading emotions34frogs aren't full of clockparts guts 35  \nContents  \nthe sun arrives too many strangers 36you're a good listener you never say37anthony says it's my fault says he left38when I was young younger when   39he didn’t really mean you're a genius40the waves are too high today to swim41I'll find one once all my own but not42they're not helpless they can hide43goldfish don't have memories44the trees outside my window scratch45in another memory my brother slips46freshwater tiger tail thorny47  \nwe are making a memory mom says we are48anthony said a man talks with his fists49today we practice listening keeping50impossible notions are the only ones51who knows why they're called hands52my shirttag is the only thought53the bluffs are covered with names54something in the light in the way55are you ever lonely Jacques below56every clock in the house shines57the gulls make circles over nothing58I would be green the yellowygreen59amazing they don't get pulverized60I did it last night in the bathtub Jacques  \n61today we practice saying goodbye62the ocean takes an inch each year63last night I dreamed I was a seahorse64  \nAcknowledgments67Free Verse Editions69About the Author71","cbCaijnGjlYW94L8","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijnGjlYW94L8","pdf",2202916,84,"English","# Contents\n## the books all quote my brain is wrong\n## the seahorse isn't a real horse\n## my mom said don’t always go on\n## today we practice asking questions\n## the moon is the ocean’s clock\n## the seahorse can hardly swim though\n## tellme about your friends she says\n## weather wrecks everything here grays\n## I like tangerines no. 2 pencils sharpened\n## how was it Jacques diving under\n## today we practice telling jokes but\n## this is my collection of brokenmachines\n## anthony said snap out of it says you cant\n## if you put an ocean seahorse in a tank\n## we are all detectives she said searching\n## I like the sound of yelling faraway\n## mom says the leaves eat light she says\n## there's one thing I don’t understand\n## it doesn’t hurt as much as you\n## people on tv are crying again because\n## if divers shine waterlights on them\n## there are places so dark at the bottom\n## the clouds right now are cumulonimbus\n## sometimes a shock runs through me\n## I built one once from two two liters\n## are there species Jacques even you\n## today we practice reading emotions\n## frogs aren't full of clockparts guts\n## the sun arrives too many strangers\n## you're a good listener you never say\n## anthony says it's my fault says he left\n## when I was young younger when\n## he didn’t really mean you're a genius\n## the waves are too high today to swim\n## I'll find one once all my own but not\n## they're not helpless they can hide\n## goldfish don't have memories\n## the trees outside my window scratch\n## in another memory my brother slips\n## freshwater tiger tail thorny\n## we are making a memory mom says we are\n## anthony said a man talks with his fists\n## today we practice listening keeping\n## impossible notions are the only ones\n## who knows why they're called hands\n## my shirttag is the only thought\n## the bluffs are covered with names\n## something in the light in the way\n## are you ever lonely Jacques below\n## every clock in the house shines\n## the gulls make circles over nothing\n## I would be green the yellowygreen\n## amazing they don't get pulverized\n## I did it last night in the bathtub Jacques\n## today we practice saying goodbye\n## the ocean takes an inch each year\n## last night I dreamed I was a seahorse\n# Acknowledgments\n# Free Verse Editions\n# About the Author","[{\"question\":\"What kind of poems are included in The Miraculous 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