About This Title
Drawing from diaries, letters, memoirs, and personal encounters, Patrick's poems and poetic narratives tell the intricate, painful and loving stories of people who once lived and those who now live on the North American continent. This book once again reveals Patrick's storytelling ability, a talent that earned him The 1990 Great Lakes New Writers award for his mixed-genre poetry narrative Roxa: Voices of the Culver Family. In a similar fashion, the poems in this collection are both historical and contemporary, moving through various dramatic situations—from a boy losing teeth in a hockey game to a father losing a son in an ocean's coral reef.
7 (excerpt from Stories. Real Ones.)
I remember
it rained straight
for a week
and our crowned road
that wound up
from our picturesque trout stream
collapsed
that narrow summer
just before she bailed out
A log
rammed our bridge
that time
and split a beam
The last morning
I thought
mourning doves were waking me
It was her
crying
She had squeezed
three drops of Krazy Glue
on her ass
and then backed
over against me
as I slept
Three drops
she said
one for each
unforgettable
year
© BOA Editions, Ltd 1995
Available editions:
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Cloth ISBN: 1-880238-26-8
Price: $20.00
Publishing Date: January 1995
Paperback ISBN: 1-880238-27-6
Price: $12.50
Publishing Date: January 1995
