Bøger af Russell Buker

Russell Buker recently retired from Shead High School where he taught English and Creative Writing. He has also coached for many years: football, baseball, basketball and tennis. Russell has had numerous poems accepted in many publications in the U.S. and in Canada: The Antigonish Review, The Windrow Anthology, The Cape Breton Collection, Pottersfield Press, Goose River Anthology, Portland Press Poetry Section, The Aurorean, Felt Sun, and The Aputamkan Review. Russell has also served on the board of editors and written book reviews for Off the Coast Review. He can be reached at: rbuker39@hotmail.com

Moon flownights like thisI used to leavethe dog homeuntil l I broughthim foreverwe would walkthe utter darkdown this feelinguntil l floatingon tiny bubblesof small wavesheaded towardsthe bright sheenof loosening whitesand then run allthe way foam Russell Buker lives in Maine where, despite rumors of his death, hecontinues to write poetry. He is the author of numerous books ofpoetry including India, Kin, Time Served and others.

silacious dust blowsacrossas our planet's crosswindsgrow the footless sculptedwings unseen bypilotsand passengersstrappedtightly against theinitialthudding of takeoffor mind-change that hadso many previous passengerslooking out and mutteringMy Godthis looks so much likewhere we are going todie

No one can truly guesshow free I feelwiththe arrival of spring,really May, as if every-thingis no longer under-groundandruns, flops, flashesforall on the prejudicedmudl-

Th is volume collects two previously unpublished works by Russell Buker. Both Old Burn, New Burn and Spontaneous Gambol overflow with Buker's love of words and usual connections.

Russell Buker has had numerous poems accepted in many publications in the U.S. and in Canada: The Antigonish Review, The Windrow Anthology, The Cape Breton Collection, Pottersfield Press, Goose River Anthology, Germ Magazine, Portland Press Poetry Section, The Aurorean, Felt Sun, The Aputamkan Review, Germ Magazine River Muse, Page & Spine, Maine Writes Anthology, Crack the Spine, Axe Factory Press. Russell has also served on the board of editors and written book reviews for Off the Coast Review.