Caliche Road Poems

by David Meischen

David Meischen conjures the hackberries and mesquite, the cotton harvests and "rainless earth" of his rural Texas homeplace with meticulous reserve, clarity, and crisp music. A work of abiding love and questing memory, this new volume provides the stirring pleasures of a family album while nimbly skirting sentimentality and reflexive nostalgia in favor of well-earned insight, jubilant celebration (mornings aglow like "carnival glass"), and able...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1962148033
• ISBN13: 9781962148030
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Lamar University Press
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"