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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