Weighed in the Balances

by Alan Birkelbach

Book Overview

"These poems are a raft of images --lightning, tornado, farm, dragonfly, the cotton cord of a seining net. 'Roll your pants legs up,' wade into this lovely stream which God drives across in a 'truck with a bad transmission.' You will want to 'memorize the route.'" Diane Glancy, poet, author of "Boom Town," Black Hat Press, Associate Professor, Macalester College, Chancellor, National Federation of State Poetry Societies. "These are poems of being,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1891386034
• ISBN13: 9781891386039
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Plain View Pr
• Length: 70 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.3" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Fantastic Imagery - Fun to Read

The book won the National Federation of State Poetry Society Stevens Poetry Competition and I can see why! Some are like little stores but with striking imagery that makes the whole book a visual and poetic feast! Lines like "The fold in his felt hat was as pure as a taco's" shows his Texas roots. One of my favorite poems was "Warning! Do Not Let Your Non-Poet Friends Read Your Poetry!" I love it for the verse, "But sometimes I want my poetry to be a bad dog that will not sit or stay, that has not lost its bark, a cur, uneven and ragged." The poems aren't all alike, each one different with this poet's unique voice. I've read it through and now I just paperclipped my favorites to refer to. If you like good free verse, share this book with me.