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    Days at the Arcade Playing Far from the Tree
    Days at the Arcade Playing Far from the Tree
    Days at the Arcade Playing Far from the Tree
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    Days at the Arcade Playing Far from the Tree

    By Anthony Green Jr.

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    A cohesive collection of poems that blend the unanswered questions of how things such as finding love, addiction to vice and need of success plagues our everyday lives. The "Arcade" represents ones mindstate while striving for the things we lust for. The "Tree" represents a dream, standard or goal. These poems explore the actions and habits that keeps us in the same place for "days"(far from the tree). Deeply influenced by paintings, these poems were written in a way that puts you in the hallways of the gallery. In a gallery where everything hanging on the wall serves as a mirror.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateMar 9, 2016
    ISBN9781514471180
    Days at the Arcade Playing Far from the Tree
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    Anthony Green Jr.

    Green Jr's writing models after paintings. With words he aims to convey visuals and bring color to his thoughts through concept driven bodies of poetry."Days" is his third project where he seems to find the perfect balance of good writing and leaving the audience with detailed images. He stated his overall goal this time around was to provide layers and more depth to his writing, he succeeded. He created a story that is truly a painting for it has no ending, its just a still, direct reflection of today.

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      Days at the Arcade Playing Far from the Tree - Anthony Green Jr.

      Copyright © 2016 by Anthony Green Jr.

      ISBN:   Softcover   978-1-5144-7117-3

         eBook   978-1-5144-7118-0

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Rev. date: 03/08/2016

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      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Fine Print

      Water to Wine

      Hide and Seek

      Distant Kisses

      Precious Cargo/ Process of Raisins

      Old Men for Counsel

      Raincoats/ Flames

      The Moving Muse

      Free drugs

      Suggestions for Quitting

      The Cold Turkey Theory

      The Trip

      The Enabler/ Rain or Shine

      1000 umbrellas

      For a Rainy Day

      Before the Rain even started

      Upside down painting interlude

      Low Hanging Fruit

      I hope God sends a boat

      Days at the Arcade

      Malfunction

      Pawn/Variable

      Camp Fire

      Sticks and Stones

      End of summer interlude

      Naked Trees/ Groundhog Day

      Plain Jane loves me

      Thrifting for vinyl/ Prototype time machine

      Receipt

      Slow Dance

      Girls like Maya/ Cool girls in dark places

      Sleepwalking

      Clouds on the ground

      Paid Guest

      FreezeBurnDrown

      Bait

      Pessimist paints his truth

      Stop when you smell smoke (PSA)

      Painting at open mic night (Truth or Dare)

      A few places/ the maze

      Soundtrack to Ending

      Remind me

      Dormant Bear Theory

      9 (interlude)

      Poor man Purchase/ Last resort

      2 birds 1 stone

      Trust Fall

      End

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      Water to Wine

      Water for words.

      A good conversation turns into a

      body of verse.

      I

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