The Pears: Poems (Harmony Poetry) - Softcover

Smith, Larry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1947504142 ISBN 13: 9781947504141

Publisher: Bottom Dog Press, 2019

Synopsis

I don�t wish to give too much away, this book is your ticket. It�s your turn now to ride this glass-bottom boat across a new lake. You will hear music and see the wind smooth the waves as underwater blurs become crystal clear. One delight after another, Larry Smith has made these poems out of dreams and diners with memories on the menu. ~Allen Frost, author of Pinocchio in America

About this title

About the Author

Larry Smith is a native of the industrial Ohio River Valley and has published 6 books of fiction and 8 books of poetry as well as literary biographies of Kenneth Patchen and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. He also wrote and produced two documentary films on James Wright and Kenneth Patchen. As editor-publisher of Bottom Dog Press in Ohio he has guided over 210 books through publication since its inception in 1985. A retired professor of humanities from Bowling Green State University at Firelands College, Smith and his wife Ann live along the shores of Lake Erie in Huron, Ohio and are active grandparents and founders of the Converging Paths Mediation Center there.

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The Writing



Don�t go running off to

cut down a tree

then bring it into the house

and load it with gaudy decorations.



Dig a small one from the earth

and drag it along the ground,

then pot and place it on the porch

leaves and bugs and all

where the rain and snow can feed it.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bottom Dog Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1947504142
• ISBN 13: 9781947504141
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 66