John Yamrus © 2009
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ISBN 978-1-929878-00-0
First Printing. Published by Lummox Press POB 5301 San Pedro, CA 90733 www.lummoxpress.com Some of these poems have appeared in the following publications: Antiteze, Art With Words, Blank Gun Silencer, Bogg, Bookends, Cartier Street Review, Chiron Review, Delaware Poetry Review, Hardline, High Altitude, Laurels, Lummox Journal, New Hope International Review, Ocho, Orange Room Review, Outlaw Poetry, Pagan Poet’s Review, Poetry Circle, Romania Literara, Sacramento Poetry, Short Story, Simon Fraser University, The Circle.
Some of these poems have also appeared in the following books: SHOOT THE MOON, BLUE COLLAR, ONE STEP AT A TIME, 78 RPM and NEW AND USED.
Cover Art: Mu, the Chinese character for the ultimate answer, SILENCE or NOTHING.
Also by John Yamrus: Shoot The Moon, Blue Collar, One Step at a Time, 78 RPM, Keep The Change, New And Used, Start To Finish, Someone Else’s Dreams (novel), Something, Poems, Those, Coming Home, American Night, 15 Poems, Heartsongs, Lovely Youth (novel), I Love
Author’s note: Please bear in mind that this book is nothing more and nothing less than exactly what the title implies. It is NOT to be looked at as a “career overview.” It’s simply a collection of old and new poems that go back only as far as 1985 (my first poems were published in 1970). The vast majority of the poems in this volume were written and published mainly in the last decade. It’s just stuff that I wanted to see together all in one volume. To keep it fresh, there are 16 new poems scattered through the book. I hope you like it.
Since 1970 John Yamrus has been a fixture on the American poetry scene. He has now published over 1,000 poems in magazines around the world and selections of his poetry have been translated into several languages…most recently, Romanian. He and his wife Kathy live in Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania.
“…a blade made from smooth honest steel, with the sharpest of edges.” –Milner Place
“Two major qualities prevail in his recent work: economy and punch. No word is unnecessary or out of place; the timing is impeccable; and, most difficult of all, the endings hit just the right balance of summation, revelation, and surprise.” — Gerald Locklin
“Yamrus gambles with an all or nothing gesture to make the poem and the language his own.” –Todd Moore (from the Introduction)
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