Complete poems from Jack Grapes' most recent four books, plus new poems written since. The poems run the gamut from personal reflection to urbane surrealism, from abstract to figurative, from personal to philosophical, and from historical to literary, showing the full range of human emotion. This revised second edition includes three additional poems and an afterword by writer Bill Mohr.

The Naked Eye: New and Selected Poems, 1987-2012 2nd Ed.

Literature & Fiction

Grapes, Jack

Poetry

Bombshelter Press

Author Jean Katz writes about the death of her husband of 54 years in this collection of direct, heartfelt poetry which she hopes "will help others who will experience their own passage of a loved one."

Losing Norm

Self-Help

Katz, Jean

Death & Grief

Poetry. In this new collection of poems written, it seems, over an entire lifetime, Stellasue Lee reveals much of her identity to us -- from childhood to her 57th birthday, she is 'The Queen of Jacks,' ordering 'the usual' at the soda fountain....hers is the poetry of paying attention to the details, where it is possible to think that 'the offramp at Camarillo State Mental Hospital looks inviting somehow.' Here is a woman who talks 'with the rattling windows' during a storm, walks, 'naked, covered in blood' from her marriage, and always will 'begin again, to begin each morning the way a conductor lifts his baton...' Like the '...48 books in my office waiting for their chance to shine,' this collection is waiting to shine in your memory. Not only do 'Some things have the nerve to start again; roses, Sweet Alyssum, and Mint,' so does Stellasue Lee! Yes, she courts danger with an open heart which crosses the double yellow line, yet she prevails on both the safe and unsafe sides of the road, roaring toward the future. -- Alan F

Crossing the Double Yellow Line

Lee, Stellasue

Poetry. "Grapes speaks for the extraordinary in the ordinary, for the life in old shoes, the overcoat you didn't hang up, for whatever life, humanity, possibility that can come from chaos.... In his work and in his presentation of himself, a surface geniality frequently masks something dark and bloody.... This flip-flop from genial buffoonery to commandant of the dark side seems paradigmatic of Grapes approach to poetry"--Nancy Shiffrin, Los Angeles Times.

Trees, Coffee, and the Eyes of Deer

Zahava Sweet was born in Poland and survived the Holocaust. After the war she lived in Israel and later emigrated to America. She has been writing since childhood. Her poetry was selected by the Bumbershoot Literary Festival for performance and publication. This collection of poems is a reflection on her life. She lives in Monrovia, California. The themes in The Return of Sound are: poems derived from experiences during World War II, poems about family, nature poems, and, poems derived from dreams. "The poet heeds the voices of elemental things while also understanding the power of authorial restraint and silence. Out of tatters and fragments of memory, in poems spare and wraith--thin, with lines taut and urgent, Sweet recovers her "history of terror" and makes for herself, and her readers, a new coat out of song." --Jeanne Marie Beaumont

The Return of Sound

Sweet, Zahava

Poetry. Edited by Jack Grapes. Another in the ONTHEBUS Poets Series of books celebrating the vitality and diversity of Los Angeles poetry. These twelve poets explore theSouthern California quest, that American search for the Grail born outof a sterile world of fears and lusts, of human beings waiting for somesign or promise of redemption. The poets in this collection transformthe Unreal City at the heart of T.S. Eliot's wasteland into the cityinside our heads, our fantasies, our dreams, our memories mixed withdesire. A companion volume to THIRTEEN LOS ANGELES POETS. Perfectbound.

Twelve Los Angeles Poets (Onthebus Poets)

The Poet from The City of The Angels

ANDREWS, MICHAEL

A collection of poetry by John Oliver Simon.

Lord of the House of Dawn

Simon, John Oliver

Beyond Rescue

Rossi, Lee

94*COLLECTIBLE! Inscribed and signed by the author. Pages clean and tight. Cover good.

Trees, Coffee, & the Eyes of Deer: New & Selected Poems

Jack Grapes

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