Practice Pheasant

By: Taylor Mali

Narrated by: Taylor Mali

A poem from Mali's spoken-word collection Icarus Airlines.

Taylor's first live spoken-word collection since 2003, Icarus Airlines, contains 34 poems, including "The Miracle Workers", "Holding Your Position", "The Mascot of Monterrey", "Best Conversation on Race", "The Apologia of Hephaestus", "Practice Pheasant", "Depression, Too, Is a Kind of Fire", "The New Ash on the Roof of Our Building", "My Mother's Gardening Journal", "Remarkable Man", "I Am Loving You", "Your Eyes Are My Only Limitless Now", "Another Preposition Entirely", "The Lanyard" (by Billy Collins), "They Don't Make Loaves of Bread That Big", "Pizza", "When Does the Human Heart Rest?", "Bodhisattva", "Reading Allowed", "On Girls Lending Pens", "Nightfall", "For Health and Strength", "Salvation Army", "The Trusting Time", "Eight-Hour Spanish Bus Ride", "Entire Act of Sorrow", "Healing Orange", "Maybe For You It Is Today", "The Gates", "The Day Is Blue", "Defending American Interests", "For the Life of Me", "That Moment" (by Chad Anderson), and "The Second Pass" (with Emil Brikha).

Enjoy the poem? Listen to the full audio of Taylor Mali's Icarus Airlines, featuring more than 30 poems.©2008 Taylor Mali (P)2008 Words Worth Ink

Only a minute

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

No one

What could Taylor Mali have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Have some content and a point besides just quoting Julia Childs.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Disappointed, a minute does not make a book.