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Orion's Belt at the End of the Drive
"What words to describe the poems in Pat Owen's new collection, Orion's Belt at the End of the Drive? I find them meditative, prayerful, haiku-like in their brevity and subtle wisdom. They move fluidly from natural to urban, solitary to communal, river to ocean, young to old, dark to light, observation to appreciation. They're built of questioning, of living, and of a deep desire to understand the self, others, and to find peace in a chaotic world and within the context of mortality."—Maureen Morehead
Wrecking Ball and Other Urban Haiku
The haiku in this book blend a distinctly urban content with the nature-oriented perspective of traditional haiku. "What I admire about Barry George's poetry is the possibility for human utterance within a contemporary scene - not unlike the lyric poem in modern English - explored in Japanese short forms. In three lines he paints a scene as contemporary as Edward Hopper, strikes notes as American as Aaron Copland. George focuses our attention visually and aurally, and thus each haiku is a cinematic moment casting an afterimage long after the poem closes. Even those who are not familiar with the ever-evolving Japanese short form will find Wrecking Ball and Other Urban Haiku universal in compression and resonance." - Jeanie Thompson, author of The Seasons Bear Us and Executive Director, The Alabama Writers' Forum Limited availability. Please contact accents.publishing@gmail.com before ordering this book.