New from Fallen Tree Press:
Mount Fuji, 36 Sonnets by Jay Hall Carpenter
“In Mount Fuji, an homage to the sonnet form, Jay Hall Carpenter has crafted 36 beautiful, smart, melancholy, and moving poems that touch on, among other things: parental nostalgia for those times playing the role of the tooth fairy, the elegant simplicity of a pencil, the stirring memory of first love, the briny flavor of olives at a corner osteria in Italy, and the reimagining of Romeo and Juliet. A terrific ride, beautifully paced. I was transported from beginning to end.” Mayor Jud Ashman, Founder & Chair, Gaithersburg Book Festival
New from Carpenter Press:
Model Home, poems
by Jay Hall Carpenter
"As you visit Jay Hall Carpenter's Model Home, be sure to savor the window dressings, the freshly painted walls, the pine-beamed attic and that deeply dug root cellar. Enjoy the rhyming sounds in the trees out back. Pay attention to the whispers inside the garage -- the cobwebs and spills. Yes, his house of poems opens wide doors of yearning and wonder, hosts you and your memories with welcoming acceptance and with filled-full basins of understanding. Especially enjoy poems such as "Like Kids" or "Day Lilies" or "Open Book." They are hallway mirrors that won't let you walk by without a long, long look."
- Hiram Larew, Undone
Dark and Light, poetry by Jay Hall Carpenter
"Dark and Light, draws from a trove of keenly-observed poems composed over the last thirty years. Employing traditional forms and rhythms as well as modern variations, the author cuts a trail of parody and pathos past the milestones of human experience. The reader is advised to watch for sharp turns and pitfalls on the compelling journey ahead. "Light and darkness; wit and anguish; form and formlessness -- all go head-to-head in this cunningly constructed chapbook."
- Matthew Olshan, author of Marshlands
Dark and Light, draws from a trove of keenly-observed poems composed over the last thirty years. Employing traditional forms and rhythms as well as modern variations, the author cuts a trail of parody and pathos past the milestones of human experience. The reader is advised to watch for sharp turns and pitfalls on the compelling journey ahead. "Light and darkness; wit and anguish; form and formlessness -- all go head-to-head in this cunningly constructed chapbook." -- Matthew Olshan, author of Marshlands
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