{"id":4725,"date":"2022-01-10T22:18:47","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T06:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8000\/?page_id=3979"},"modified":"2025-03-07T17:35:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T01:35:01","slug":"void-of-course-poems-1994-1997","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/literary-works\/books-of-poetry-by-jim-carroll\/void-of-course-poems-1994-1997\/","title":{"rendered":"Void of Course: Poems 1994-1997"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0140589090?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thejimcarrollweb&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0140589090\">Get this book on Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a class=\"foobox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/void.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"379\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/void.jpg\" alt=\"Cover Art: Void of Course by Jim Carroll\" class=\"wp-image-471 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/void.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/void-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/void-127x192.jpg 127w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"ext-bibliography\"><span class=\"ext-worktitle\">Void of Course<\/span><br><strong>Published:<\/strong> October 1998<br><strong>By:<\/strong> Jim Carroll<br><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Penguin Poets<br><strong>Length:<\/strong> 113 pages<br><strong>Cover design:<\/strong> Gail Belenson<br><strong>Cover photograph:<\/strong> Joshua Sheldon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dedicated &#8220;to Laura,&#8221; this book contains 75 new poems, most of which are titled &#8220;Poem.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br clear=\"all\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>8 Fragments for Kurt Cobain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Facts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Bakery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Child Within<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Train Surfing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Goethe&#8217;s Early Garden<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zeno&#8217;s Law of High-Heel Shoes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jukebox<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sick Bird<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bad Intentions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Insomnia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Radiation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>While She&#8217;s Gone<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>My Father&#8217;s Last Words<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Translating<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What Burroughs Told Me<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For Virginia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Easter Sunday<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flash Flood<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Specific Instances<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ecology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Crown of Thorns<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Locked Wing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Big Ambulance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Ocean Below<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Note<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Plea<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dance Floor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Note<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Long Distance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Native Moon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Black Rose<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Valentine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Franz Kline&#8217;s Old Studio<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grains of Sand<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1957 (Hurricane)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Film<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Message Left on a Phone Machine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trivia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;Void of course&#8221; is a term from astrology referring to a time when the moon is in between zodiac signs. Projects begun with the moon &#8220;void of course&#8221; will either remain unfinished or fail to produce the desired results.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carroll was born under a void of course moon.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This is the first book Carroll wrote using a computer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the cover photograph, Carroll is sitting on the dock where the survivors of the <em>Titanic<\/em> landed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Laura, to whom the book is dedicated, designed and printed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/limited-editions-broadsides\/river-jordan\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"4177\">River Jordan broadside<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get this book on Amazon.com Void of CoursePublished: October 1998By: Jim CarrollPublisher: Penguin PoetsLength: 113 pagesCover design: Gail BelensonCover photograph: Joshua Sheldon Dedicated &#8220;to Laura,&#8221; this book contains 75 new poems, most of which are titled &#8220;Poem.&#8221; Contents Trivia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/literary-works\/books-of-poetry-by-jim-carroll\/void-of-course-poems-1994-1997\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Void of Course: Poems 1994-1997<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":548,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"folder":[85],"class_list":["post-4725","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9VlUH-1ed","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":548,"url":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/literary-works\/books-of-poetry-by-jim-carroll\/","url_meta":{"origin":4725,"position":0},"title":"Books of Poetry by Jim Carroll","author":"Cassie Carter","date":"August 15, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Mass Market Books Void of CoursePublished: 1998By: Jim CarrollPublisher: Penguin PoetsDescription: Carroll's last collection of poetry, released in October 1998. 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