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Places and Spaces
A book of five long poems recounting the experiences and observations of extend automobile trips through the American South and the Southwest. The book includes descriptions of places and events, as well as thoughts and poetic observations concerning what the poet has seen and heard
128 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 21, 2012
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Allen Itz
9 books10 followersI invite you to take a look at my website at Seven Beats a Second, and while your there, click on the "Here and Now" link to visit my weekly poetry/literary/whatever blog.
Like lot of folks, I'm a second life poet. I first began to write poetry and had several published in the '69-'71 when I was back in school following military service. I didn't write again (except for a lot of business correspondence) until I retired in 1998. Since then I've had 200-300 poems published both on line and in print. I did my first book "Seven Beats a Second" in 2005 and am still working on a second one.
I'm originally from deep south Texas and managed to move all the way north to San Antonio 15 years ago. I'll be 64 years old next month, almost old enough to know better
Like lot of folks, I'm a second life poet. I first began to write poetry and had several published in the '69-'71 when I was back in school following military service. I didn't write again (except for a lot of business correspondence) until I retired in 1998. Since then I've had 200-300 poems published both on line and in print. I did my first book "Seven Beats a Second" in 2005 and am still working on a second one.
I'm originally from deep south Texas and managed to move all the way north to San Antonio 15 years ago. I'll be 64 years old next month, almost old enough to know better
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April 27, 2013
Do you enjoy observing more about your surroundings than what appears on the surface? Then join Allen and his dog, Reba, on a few journeys around the American South and Southwest. Here you'll find snapshots of character, whether referring to landscapes, towns or people.
Allen holds a vast knowledge of the bones of the places painted in these poems, lyrical compositions in which I grow mesmerized as if traveling and no longer in my present surroundings.
His poetic narrations are peppered with little asides adding texture, like ridges on an oil painting, yielding depth of detail and color as well as drawing me more emotionally into the places and spaces. I feel, too, as though I watched the poet, and in some ways myself, changing as he travels, growing more and more into his own skin.
Allen holds a vast knowledge of the bones of the places painted in these poems, lyrical compositions in which I grow mesmerized as if traveling and no longer in my present surroundings.
His poetic narrations are peppered with little asides adding texture, like ridges on an oil painting, yielding depth of detail and color as well as drawing me more emotionally into the places and spaces. I feel, too, as though I watched the poet, and in some ways myself, changing as he travels, growing more and more into his own skin.
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