Poetry and About Poetry

There are too many books I haven’t read, too many places I haven’t seen, too many memories I haven’t kept long enough. -Irwin Shaw

There are too many books I haven’t read, too many places I haven’t seen, too many memories I haven’t kept long enough. -Irwin Shaw

Home Burial by Michael McGriff My rating: 4 of 5 stars Michael McGriff’s fine collection of seemingly autobiographical poems is well-worth spending some time with. Rich in common language and imagery, hand-wrought like the work he alludes to, and filled with imagery from nature and the land he obviously loves, there are times when the emotions seem oevrwrought—but they are rare. Surreal juxtapositions of imagery interrupt the more prosaic narratives to surreal and synaesthesiac effect. In all there is truth in these poems that try and fail to “explain the wounded alphabet/dragging itself through the groves of ash.” View all my reviews

Home Burial by Michael McGriff My rating: 4 of 5 stars Michael McGriff's fine collection of seemingly autobiographical poems is well-worth spending some time with. Rich in common language and imagery, hand-wrought like the work he alludes to, and filled with imagery from nature and the land he obviously loves, there are times when the emotions seem oevrwrought---but they are rare. Surreal juxtapositions of imagery interrupt the more prosaic narratives to surreal and synaesthesiac effect. In all there is truth in these poems that try and fail to "explain the wounded alphabet/dragging itself through the groves of ash." View all my reviews

A story of persistence is supposed to end this way –From Jim Hall’s blog. 

My interview with 2 other authors on the Ted Schubel Show can be heard online .

My interview with 2 other authors on the Ted Schubel Show can be heard online . 

Dublin-based Into the Void Magazine has accepted my poem “Conservation of Matter and Energy” for publication in its April issue.

My prize-winning chapbook Finite to Fail is also available for $6 at the Germanna Community College Bookstore at the Fredericksburg Area Campus: 10000 Germanna Pointe Dr., Fredericksburg VA 22407 Phone: 540-891-3002.

My prize-winning chapbook Finite to Fail is also available for $6 at the Germanna Community College Bookstore at the Fredericksburg Area Campus: 10000 Germanna Pointe Dr., Fredericksburg VA 22407 Phone: 540-891-3002. 

Three of my poems are included in  Nuclear Impact: Broken Atoms in Our Hands from Shabda Press, available soon from: Shabda Press Amazon Barnes and Noble

Three of my poems are included in  Nuclear Impact: Broken Atoms in Our Hands from Shabda Press, available soon from: Shabda Press Amazon Barnes and Noble

Official Release of my new Chapbook: Finite to Fail (Poems After Dickinson) – Now in Stock

Official Release of my new Chapbook: Finite to Fail (Poems After Dickinson) - Now in Stock 

I am participating in the Feb. 28 Book Signing and Panel . “Feb. 28, 7–8 p.m., Headquarters Library, 1201 Caroline St., Fredericksburg. “Getting Your First Book Published—A Germanna Community College Authors Panel Discussion,” will feature a panel of authors, including Howard Owen, Jim Hall, Cory McLauchlin, Dr. David Sam and Rick Pullen. The panel discussion and Q&A will be followed by a book signing.”

I am participating in the Feb. 28 Book Signing and Panel . "Feb. 28, 7–8 p.m., Headquarters Library, 1201 Caroline St., Fredericksburg. “Getting Your First Book Published—A Germanna Community College Authors Panel Discussion,” will feature a panel of authors, including Howard Owen, Jim Hall, Cory McLauchlin, Dr. David Sam and Rick Pullen. The panel discussion and Q&A will be followed by a book signing."

My award-winning chapbook “ Finite to Fail ” is now available at GFT Press. If you purchase a copy, please review it on Goodreads .

My award-winning chapbook " Finite to Fail " is now available at GFT Press. If you purchase a copy, please review it on Goodreads . 

A reminder that many of my published poems can be read for free here: http://www.davidanthonysam.com/publications-and-prizes/

A reminder that many of my published poems can be read for free here: http://www.davidanthonysam.com/publications-and-prizes/