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    Resisting the Ground

    By Barbara Blanks

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    This collection of prize-winning poems focuses on people: Real, Unreal, Unhappy, Funny, Personal. We are just doing our best to keep going, and trying to avoid those crash landings by keeping our feet up and resisting the ground. Some comments about the poems: " ‘Filled with empty’ was the most perfect wedding of craft and content.’ " ~Pat Laster, twice-former president of Poets’ Roundtable of Arkansas. “The closing lines of ‘The Hospice Volunteer’ will be forever seared into my brain. I shall cherish your words and hold them close and be stronger for it." ~John Hoag, Dripping Springs, TX. "Your name comes up regarding poetry contest anthologies -- many comments on the excellence of your work!" ~Jerri Hardesty, New Dawn Unlimited, Inc. “In Utah, at the Chaparral awards, I heard your ‘Lost and Mounds’ read! The woman next to me said, ‘She must be quite a character.’ I assured her that you are.” ~Budd Powell Mahan, thrice-former President of Poetry Society of Texas.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateMay 22, 2019
    ISBN9780359677931
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