What a wonderful day! A few errands with my wife, Pam, the new Star Wars movie, picking up Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti 40th Anniversary Edition (playing in the background), and now between sips of a Paulaner Hefe-Weizen, blogging about a treasure I found at the record store in a FREE bin, Jim Autry's 1989 Life After Mississippi.
http://www.amazon.com/Life-After-Mississippi-James-Autry/dp/0916242595
Pam was not born in Mississippi, but moved there young enough for her to call it home. I picked up the book, showed it to her, and said, "Why not?" We are glad that I did. So far I have read only a few, but they are superb poems that convey an image/story in winsome language. From "Ordination": "They came through rain/ wrestling the wheels of their out-of-country cars.."
I will certainly finish the volume in a few days, and also want to make contact with the
poet. Only a few times I have done that, and while I do not always hear back for whatever reason, I know how important that is. Today I received a Chrsitmas card from a poet friend Down Under.
Here is the poet's page: http://www.jamesaautry.com/contact.html
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