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    Gravel Roads and Other Journeys: A book of Poetry
    Gravel Roads and Other Journeys: A book of Poetry
    Gravel Roads and Other Journeys: A book of Poetry
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    Gravel Roads and Other Journeys: A book of Poetry

    By Mike Perkins

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    A poetry chap book of various styles, some experimental, and various subjects centered on the theme of life as a series of journeys. A collection of 31 poems of various styles, influenced by Charles Bukowski, Langston Hughes, the incomparable Beats, and the anthology The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry edited by Alan Kaufman.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMike Perkins
    Release dateOct 9, 2015
    ISBN9781311327734
    Gravel Roads and Other Journeys: A book of Poetry
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    Mike Perkins

    Writer and photographer from the heart of the midwest - Columbia, Missouri.

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      Book preview

      Gravel Roads and Other Journeys - Mike Perkins

      Gravel Roads

      and Other Poetic Journeys into

      the Heartland

      by Micheal Ray Perkins

      Text & Cover Copyright © 2013 Michael Ray Perkins

      edited by Jessica Walsh

      All Rights Reserved

      Preface

      Life is a series of journeys. We all begin somewhere, and it just so happens I began on a gravel road in the country. If highways are the arteries of society, then gravel roads are the capillaries which lead to the last mile. I did not stay on those back roads though, and traveled to other places on many journeys. Maybe one long journey? But, in many ways I never left those gravel roads, and they never left me even though they are now mostly paved. It seems as if time has put a veneer over us both which hides our true origins to the casual observer. But, poetry is more than a casual observer.

      Table of Contents

      Gravel Roads

      Summer Rides

      I Did It

      A Convertible at Night

      The Party

      One Afternoon

      Beat It

      Cowgirls

      Real Heroes

      My Mom

      Home from School

      Timothy Leary and the School Bus

      No Answer

      So Now What?

      Rain on a Tin Roof

      Night

      Woodcraft

      Special Education

      57 Chevy

      Logotherapy

      Waiting for Your Letter

      Whispers of the Dead

      Batman

      Awaiting Your Instructions

      Trip to the Mall

      Family Pictures

      Cyborg Song

      Another

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