Stir (Paperback)

Christopher J. Jarmick is a poet, art lover, and bookstore owner in Kirkland, Washington. Stir explores what stirs us up: relationships, love, memories, family, death, politics, pop culture, and religion. Some poems go into the forest, some into the past, some into dreams, some go Hollywood, and many poems reveal in unexpected ways. There are a few genre-bending poems, and a couple dozen of his signature "Poem Starters" too. You wouldn't be wrong in finding many poems witty, thoughtful, quirky, and/or darkly humored. Enjoy!.

Poem Starter 1728

The shortest distance

between two points is

avoidance.

Poem Starter 1260

Without the stir

the egg, the butter, the flour

don't combine.

Christopher J. Jarmick was raised in Bloomfield, New Jersey, and Poughkeepsie, New York. He was a Los Angeles based producer/screenwriter, editor and director of PBS documentaries, music videos, and nationally syndicated TV programs including Hard Copy, Personalities, and Entertainment Tonight. Several of the documentaries he worked on received awards. He relocated to the Pacific Northwest (in 1994) worked as a radio producer and began curating readings and special events in 1998. For over 8 years he worked as a financial advisor. He has also been a freelance writer-journalist and technical writer and editor. He was President of PEN-USA, Northwest. He has owned Kirkland, Washington's only independent bookstore, BookTree since 2016. There is a free writing workshop, reading, and open mic every first Saturday at Booktree. Join us. His latest full length collection of poetry is Stir (World Enough Writers, 2026). Previous poetry collections include Not Aloud (MoonPath Press, 2015), Ignition (2010), Poems for the Working Class (chapbook) and the novel, The Glass Cocoon. Chris is the proud father of Natasha, Natalie, and Christina and has four grandchildren. He is divorced. He has also written several articles and reviews about movies. When in Kirkland visit his bookstore, BookTree. Thanks for supporting independent bookstores. If you must buy online use Bookshop.org-they help indie bookstores.