These free verse poems draw heavily on inspiration from the natural world, including wildlife, weather and terrain . The writer brings a strong, often personal perspective to the work, which shows a variety of tone and meter.
About the Author Jeffrey Marshall is a career journalist, magazine editor and writer who has been writing poetry for more than 35 years. This is his first collection.
Jeffrey Marshall is a writer, poet and retired journalist from Scottsdale, AZ. He is the author of five books, including the novels Undetected, Little Miss Sure Shot, and Squeeze Plays (June 2022). Undetected was named a Notable 100 indie book for 2020 by Shelf Unbound, and Squeeze Plays had a similar award in 2022.
During his 35-year journalism career in the New York area, he was a reporter, editor, feature writer, columnist and book reviewer. He was editor in chief of two national business magazines at the close of his career and has freelanced to more than two dozen publications, including The New York Times.
Marshall has freelanced recently to fishing and environmental publications, as well as publishing flash fiction in online magazines such as Brightflash Literary Review. A short story of his won first place in the 2022 Arizona Authors competition.
He has a bachelor's degree from Princeton and a master's in journalism from Northwestern. Interests include tennis, golf, fly-fishing, travel, hiking and movies. He and his wife, Judy, have a rambunctious dog, Blaze, who loves everyone and everything.