The Road We Take: Selected Poems 1967-2022 - Softcover

Swanson, Barry Lee

 
9781737285557: The Road We Take: Selected Poems 1967-2022
Softcover
ISBN 10: 173728555X ISBN 13: 9781737285557
Publisher: Boathouse Productions, 2023

Synopsis

The Road We Take is an encore to Barry Lee Swanson’s critically acclaimed, best-selling novel Still Points. A poetic portrait of a journey spanning the past seven decades, it provides the reader with a first-hand view of one baby boomer’s life experiences.

From a college student caught in the quagmire of the Viet Nam War to the halls of collegiate academia to a senior citizen facing irrelevancy while considering the inevitable end of life, the author explores themes of loss, love, contemplation, and celebration with honesty and authenticity. His poetry displays a combination of humor, irony, and passion, riddled with midwestern common sense and sentimentality, as he examines the complexities of family, education, romance, religion, and divisive national issues.

In the book’s title poem, the author claims he is just “a common boy from Illinois.” Swanson is far from common. The Road We Take is a tour de force, a book of poetry that is both relevant and timeless.

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Publisher
Boathouse Productions
Publication date
2023
Language
English
ISBN 10 
173728555X
ISBN 13 
9781737285557
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
260

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ISBN 10:  1737285541 ISBN 13:  9781737285540
Publisher: Boathouse Productions, 2023
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