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![ErosIon ErosIon](/images/books/th_erosion.jpg)
ErosIon, by Nancy A. Henry
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![Language as a Second Language Language as a Second Language](/images/books/th_language.jpg)
Language as a Second Language, by Ted Bookey
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![Be Careful What You Wish For Be Careful What You Wish For](/images/books/th_careful.jpg)
Be Careful What You Wish For, by Alice N. Persons
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![Driftland Driftland](/images/books/th_driftland.jpg)
Driftland, by Michael Macklin
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![Whispers, Cries, & Tantrums Whispers, Cries, & Tantrums](/images/books/th_whispers.jpg)
Whispers, Cries, & Tantrums, by Jay C. Davis
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![Never say Never Never say Never](/images/books/th_never.jpg)
Never say Never, by Alice N. Persons
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![Sex, Death, and Baseball Sex, Death, and Baseball](/images/books/th_sexdeath.jpg)
Sex, Death, and Baseball, by David Moreau
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![Humming to Snails Humming to Snails](/images/books/humming.jpg)
Humming to Snails, by Ellen M. Taylor
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![The Flame and the Fiction The Flame and the Fiction](/images/books/th_flame.jpg)
The Flame and the Fiction, by Darcy Shargo
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![Europe on $5 a Day Europe on $5 a Day](/images/books/th_europe.jpg)
Europe on $5 a Day, by Nancy A. Henry
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![Laundry and Stories Laundry and Stories](/images/books/th_laundry.jpg)
Laundry and Stories, by Robin Merrill
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![A Sense of Place: Collected Maine Poems A Sense of Place: Collected Maine Poems](/images/books/th_collected.jpg)
A Sense of Place: Collected Maine Poems, by Bay River Press
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![Walking Track Walking Track](/images/books/th_walking.jpg)
Walking Track, by Jay Franzel
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![Ways of Looking Ways of Looking](/images/books/th_looking.jpg)
Ways of Looking, by Edward J. Rielly
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![Things As They Are Things As They Are](/images/books/th_things.jpg)
Things As They Are, by Eva Miodownik Oppenheim
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![A Moxie and a Moon Pie: The Best of Moon Pie Press A Moxie and a Moon Pie: The Best of Moon Pie Press](/images/books/th_moxie.jpg)
A Moxie and a Moon Pie: The Best of Moon Pie Press, by Nancy A. Henry and Alice N. Persons, Editors
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![Traveling Through History Traveling Through History](/images/books/th_travelling.jpg)
Traveling Through History, by Patrick Hicks
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![Unidentified Flying Odes Unidentified Flying Odes](/images/books/th_ufo.jpg)
Unidentified Flying Odes, by Dennis Camire
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![Innumerable Machines in My Mind: Found Poetry in the Papers of Thomas A. Edison Innumerable Machines in My Mind: Found Poetry in the Papers of Thomas A. Edison](/images/books/th_edison.jpg)
Innumerable Machines in My Mind: Found Poetry in the Papers of Thomas A. Edison, by Dr. Blaine McCormick
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![Evidence of Light Evidence of Light](/images/books/th_evidencelight.jpg)
Evidence of Light, by Marita O'Neill
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![Rags of Prayer Rags of Prayer](/images/books/th_ragsprayer.jpg)
Rags of Prayer, by Kevin Sweeney
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![The Stream The Stream](/images/books/th_stream.jpg)
The Stream, by Don Moyer
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![Child is Working to Capacity Child is Working to Capacity](/images/books/th_capacity.jpg)
Child is Working to Capacity, by Tom Delmore
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![The Desire Line The Desire Line](/images/books/th_DesireLine.jpg)
The Desire Line, by Michelle Lewis
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![Tuscany Light Tuscany Light](/images/books/th_tuscany.jpg)
Tuscany Light, by M. Kelly Lombardi
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![The Hard Way The Hard Way](/images/books/th_hardway.jpg)
The Hard Way, by Jay C. Davis
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![Angel of the Heavenly Tailgate Angel of the Heavenly Tailgate](/images/books/th_Angel.jpg)
Angel of the Heavenly Tailgate, by Annie Farnsworth
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![Full Moon Rising: the Best of Moon Pie Press, Volume II Full Moon Rising: the Best of Moon Pie Press, Volume II](/images/books/th_fullmoon.jpg)
Full Moon Rising: the Best of Moon Pie Press, Volume II, by Alice N. Persons and Nancy A. Henry, Editors
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![Poems of Maine in the Nineteen Thirties and Forties Poems of Maine in the Nineteen Thirties and Forties](/images/books/th_Maine30s.jpg)
Poems of Maine in the Nineteen Thirties and Forties, by Brenda Shaw
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![Sostenuto Sostenuto](/images/books/th_Sostenuto.jpg)
Sostenuto, by Karen Douglass
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![Essays in All Directions Essays in All Directions](/images/books/th_Directions.jpg)
Essays in All Directions, by Robert M. Chute
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![You Can Still Go To Hell...and Other Truths About Being a Helping Professional You Can Still Go To Hell...and Other Truths About Being a Helping Professional](/images/books/th_Hell.jpg)
You Can Still Go To Hell...and Other Truths About Being a Helping Professional, by David Moreau
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![Singing With the Dead Singing With the Dead](/images/books/th_SingWithDead.jpg)
Singing With the Dead, by Ted Thomas, Jr.
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![Socks Socks](/images/books/th_socks.jpg)
Socks, by Jay C. Davis
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![Early Late Bloom Early Late Bloom](/images/books/th_EarlyLateBloom.jpg)
Early Late Bloom, by Jim Mello
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![Old Whitman Loved Baseball and Other Baseball Poems Old Whitman Loved Baseball and Other Baseball Poems](/images/books/th_WhitmanBaseball.jpg)
Old Whitman Loved Baseball and Other Baseball Poems, by Edward J. Rielly
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![He Gives Me Flowers He Gives Me Flowers](/images/books/th_Flowers.jpg)
He Gives Me Flowers, by Gaylord Day Weston
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![The Church of St. Materiana The Church of St. Materiana](/images/books/th_StMateriana.jpg)
The Church of St. Materiana, by Anne Britting Olesen
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![Lostalgia Lostalgia](/images/books/th_Lostalgia.jpg)
Lostalgia, by Ted Bookey
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![Life Class Life Class](/images/books/th_LifeClass.jpg)
Life Class, by Ruth Bookey
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![To the Promised Land Grocery To the Promised Land Grocery](/images/books/th_PromisedLand.jpg)
To the Promised Land Grocery, by Bruce Spang
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![Drowning: A Poetic Memoir Drowning: A Poetic Memoir](/images/books/th_Drowning.jpg)
Drowning: A Poetic Memoir, by Claire Hersom
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![How Many Cars Have We Been Married? How Many Cars Have We Been Married?](/images/books/th_HowManyCars.jpg)
How Many Cars Have We Been Married?, by Ted Bookey, editor
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![Safe Harbor: Port Veritas Poetry Anthology, Volume I Safe Harbor: Port Veritas Poetry Anthology, Volume I](/images/books/th_SafeHarbor.jpg)
Safe Harbor: Port Veritas Poetry Anthology, Volume I, by Edited by Alice Persons & Nathan Amadon
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![Agreeable Friends, Contemporary Animal Poetry Agreeable Friends, Contemporary Animal Poetry](/images/books/AgreeableFriends_th.jpg)
Agreeable Friends, Contemporary Animal Poetry, by Alice Persons, Editor
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![The Ur-Word The Ur-Word](/images/books/th_urword.jpg)
The Ur-Word, by Jim Glenn Thatcher
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![Ordinary Time Ordinary Time](/images/books/th_OrdinaryTime.jpg)
Ordinary Time, by Kevin Sweeney
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![I Have Walked Through Many Lives I Have Walked Through Many Lives](/images/books/th_Walked.jpg)
I Have Walked Through Many Lives, by Young Voices - Scarborough
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![A House of Bottles A House of Bottles](/images/books/th_Bottles.jpg)
A House of Bottles, by Robin Merrill
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![Floating Floating](/images/books/th_Floating.jpg)
Floating, by Ellen M. Taylor
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![Vivaldi for Breakfast Vivaldi for Breakfast](/images/books/th_Vivaldi.jpg)
Vivaldi for Breakfast, by John-Michael Albert
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![BLACK BOAT BLACK WATER BLACK SAND BLACK BOAT BLACK WATER BLACK SAND](/images/books/th_BlackBoat.jpg)
BLACK BOAT BLACK WATER BLACK SAND, by Dave Morrison
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![The Lawns of Lobstermen The Lawns of Lobstermen](/images/books/th_Lobstermen.jpg)
The Lawns of Lobstermen, by Douglas "Woody" Woodsum
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![With a W/Hole in One With a W/Hole in One](/images/books/th_WholeInOne.jpg)
With a W/Hole in One, by Ted Bookey
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![What on Earth What on Earth](/images/books/th_WhatOnEarth.jpg)
What on Earth, by Marcia F. Brown
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![Blues in the Night Blues in the Night](/images/books/th_BluesNight.jpg)
Blues in the Night, by Herb R. Coursen
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![Through the Loop of Time Through the Loop of Time](/images/books/th_LoopTime.jpg)
Through the Loop of Time, by Eva Miodownik Oppenheim
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![SARX SARX](/images/books/th_Sarx.jpg)
SARX, by Nancy A. Henry
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![ALMOST A REMEMBRANCE - Shorter Poems by Jack McCarthy ALMOST A REMEMBRANCE - Shorter Poems by Jack McCarthy](/images/books/th_Remembrance.jpg)
ALMOST A REMEMBRANCE - Shorter Poems by Jack McCarthy, by Jack McCarthy
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![Thank Your Lucky Stars Thank Your Lucky Stars](/images/books/th_Stars.jpg)
Thank Your Lucky Stars, by Alice N. Persons
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![To Sadie at 18 Months and other poems To Sadie at 18 Months and other poems](/images/books/th_Sadie.jpg)
To Sadie at 18 Months and other poems, by Edward J. Rielly
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![Faulty Wiring Faulty Wiring](/images/books/th_FaultyWiring.jpg)
Faulty Wiring, by Bob MacLaughlin
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![Heaven Jumping Woman Heaven Jumping Woman](/images/books/th_HeavenJumpingWomen.jpg)
Heaven Jumping Woman, by Pam Burr Smith
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![Tell them that you saw me but you didn't see me saw Tell them that you saw me but you didn't see me saw](/images/books/th_TellThem.jpg)
Tell them that you saw me but you didn't see me saw, by Tom Delmore
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![The Bird Catcher The Bird Catcher](/images/books/th_BirdCatcher.jpg)
The Bird Catcher, by John-Michael Albert
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![The Common Law The Common Law](/images/books/th_CommonLaw.jpg)
The Common Law, by James McKenna
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![Marengo Street Marengo Street](/images/books/th_MarengoStreet.jpg)
Marengo Street, by Anna Bat-Chai Wrobel
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![PASSION AND PRIDE: Poets in Support of Equality PASSION AND PRIDE: Poets in Support of Equality](/images/books/th_PassionPride.jpg)
PASSION AND PRIDE: Poets in Support of Equality, by Bruce Spang
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![HOME and Other Places HOME and Other Places](/images/books/th_HomeAndOther.jpg)
HOME and Other Places, by Wil Gibson
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![Sun Shining on Snow: Poetry from the Senior College at the University of Maine at Augusta Sun Shining on Snow: Poetry from the Senior College at the University of Maine at Augusta](/images/books/th_SunShining.jpg)
Sun Shining on Snow: Poetry from the Senior College at the University of Maine at Augusta, by Ted Bookey
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![My First Beatrice My First Beatrice](/images/books/th_Beatrice.jpg)
My First Beatrice, by David Stankiewicz
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![Rifles, Rumors, Gin And Prayer Rifles, Rumors, Gin And Prayer](/images/books/th_RiflesRumors.jpg)
Rifles, Rumors, Gin And Prayer, by Jim Donnelly
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![Observed From a Skin Boat Observed From a Skin Boat](/images/books/th_SkinBoat.jpg)
Observed From a Skin Boat, by John Holt Willey
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![Back East Back East](/images/books/th_BackEast.jpg)
Back East, by Michele Leavitt
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![The Widow From Lake Bled The Widow From Lake Bled](/images/books/th_WidowLakeBled.jpg)
The Widow From Lake Bled, by Kirby Wright
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![Burning Chairs Burning Chairs](/images/books/th_BurningChairs.png)
Burning Chairs, by John P. McVeigh
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![Boy at the Screen Door Boy at the Screen Door](/images/books/th_ScreenDoor.png)
Boy at the Screen Door, by Bruce Spang
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![JESUS WAS A FEMINIST and Other Poems JESUS WAS A FEMINIST and Other Poems](/images/books/th_JesusFeminist.png)
JESUS WAS A FEMINIST and Other Poems, by Robin Merrill
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![When We Invented Water When We Invented Water](/images/books/th_InventedWater.png)
When We Invented Water, by Marcia F. Brown
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![Boulders, Birch and Wood Smoke: A Maine Melody Boulders, Birch and Wood Smoke: A Maine Melody](/images/books/th_Boulders.png)
Boulders, Birch and Wood Smoke: A Maine Melody, by Stephen A. Cowperthwaite
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![Nothing Is Real Nothing Is Real](/images/books/th_NothingReal.png)
Nothing Is Real, by Stanley Jordan Keach, Jr.
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![All Four Seasons All Four Seasons](/images/books/th_AllFourSeasons.png)
All Four Seasons, by Jim Mello
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![Feasting on Air Feasting on Air](/images/books/th_FeastingOnAir.png)
Feasting on Air, by Eva Miodownik Oppenheim
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![Stable Stable](/images/books/th_Stable.png)
Stable, by David R. Surette
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![Compass Rose Compass Rose](/images/books/th_CompassRose.png)
Compass Rose, by Ellen M. Taylor
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![THE WILDEST PEAL: Contemporary Animal Poetry II THE WILDEST PEAL: Contemporary Animal Poetry II](/images/books/th_WildestPeal.png)
THE WILDEST PEAL: Contemporary Animal Poetry II, by Alice Persons, Editor
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![Not Just Anybody Not Just Anybody](/images/books/th_NotJustAnybody.png)
Not Just Anybody, by Bruce Spang
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![The Left Side of My Life The Left Side of My Life](/images/books/th_LeftSideLife.png)
The Left Side of My Life , by Dana Robbins
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![Fancy Meeting You Here Fancy Meeting You Here](/images/books/th_FancyMeetingYou.png)
Fancy Meeting You Here, by Alice N. Persons
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![Same Bird Same Bird](/images/books/th_SameBird.png)
Same Bird, by David McCann
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![Museum Museum](/images/books/th_Museum.png)
Museum, by Daniel Duff Plunkett
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![Imminent Tribulations Imminent Tribulations](/images/books/th_ImmTrib.png)
Imminent Tribulations, by Kevin Sweeney
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![Radost, My Red Radost, My Red](/images/books/th_Radost.png)
Radost, My Red, by Jeri Theriault
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![T'ai Chi of Leaves T'ai Chi of Leaves](/images/books/th_TaiChiLeaves.png)
T'ai Chi of Leaves, by Elizabeth Potter
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![Saving Nails Saving Nails](/images/books/th_SavingNails.png)
Saving Nails, by Thomas R. Moore
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![At Bunker Cove At Bunker Cove](/images/books/th_BunkerCove.png)
At Bunker Cove, by Ralph Stevens
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![I Still Feel the Swirl I Still Feel the Swirl](/images/books/th_FeelTheSwirl.png)
I Still Feel the Swirl, by Ruth Bookey
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![Dreamscape Dreamscape](/images/books/th_Dreamscape.png)
Dreamscape, by Claire Hersom
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![That Mischievous Moon That Mischievous Moon](/images/books/th_MischievousMoon.png)
That Mischievous Moon, by Jim Donnelly
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![Sending Bette Davis to the Plumber Sending Bette Davis to the Plumber](/images/books/th_SendingBetteDavis.png)
Sending Bette Davis to the Plumber, by Jenny Doughty
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!['Stitiously Speaking 'Stitiously Speaking](/images/books/th_Stitiously.png)
'Stitiously Speaking, by Ted Bookey
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![MALDEN MALDEN](/images/books/th_Malden.png)
MALDEN, by David R. Surette
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![Questions You Were Too Polite to Ask Questions You Were Too Polite to Ask](/images/books/th_Questions.png)
Questions You Were Too Polite to Ask, by John-Michael Albert
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![LOST and FOUND LOST and FOUND](/images/books/th_LostnFound.png)
LOST and FOUND, by David McCann
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![The Arrangement of Things The Arrangement of Things](/images/books/th_Arrangement.png)
The Arrangement of Things, by Anna Bat-Chai Wrobel
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![Big Little City Big Little City](/images/books/th_BigLittleCity.png)
Big Little City, by Mike Bove
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![Be There or Be Square Be There or Be Square](/images/books/th_BeThereBeSquare.png)
Be There or Be Square, by Alice N. Persons
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![Red Stone Fragments Red Stone Fragments](images/books/th_RedStoneFragments.jpg)
Red Stone Fragments, by Thomas R. Moore
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![Hummingbird Hummingbird](/images/books/th_Hummingbird.png)
Hummingbird, by James Breslin
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![All You'll Derive: A Caregiver's Journey All You'll Derive: A Caregiver's Journey](/images/books/th_Derive.png)
All You'll Derive: A Caregiver's Journey, by Bruce Spang
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![Nameless Roads Nameless Roads](/images/books/th_NamelessRoads.png)
Nameless Roads, by Jim Brosnan
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![One Day in One Town One Day in One Town](/images/books/th_OneDayInTown.png)
One Day in One Town, by James McKenna
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![Out of Words Out of Words](/images/books/th_OutOfWords.png)
Out of Words, by David McCann
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![In the Afternoon In the Afternoon](images/books/th_InTheAfternoon.png)
In the Afternoon, by Marcia F. Brown
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![After the Parade After the Parade](/images/books/th_AfterTheParade.jpg)
After the Parade, by Dana Robbins
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![A Stranger Home A Stranger Home](/images/books/th_StrangerHome.png)
A Stranger Home, by Natalya Sukhonos
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![House Museum House Museum](/images/books/th_HouseMuseum.png)
House Museum, by Mike Bove
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![Giving It Up to the Wind Giving It Up to the Wind](/images/books/GivingItUp_th.png)
Giving It Up to the Wind, by Jack Troy
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![More Fun Than Pretty More Fun Than Pretty](/images/books/th_MoreFunThanPretty.png)
More Fun Than Pretty, by Tony Magistrale
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![Stones Stones](/images/books/th_Stones.png)
Stones, by Thomas R. Moore
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![Playing Solitaire Playing Solitaire](/images/books/th_PlayingSolitaire.png)
Playing Solitaire, by Edward J. Rielly
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![So Far So Far](/images/books/th_SoFar.png)
So Far, by Gretchen Berg
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![Homelands Homelands](/images/books/th_Homelands.png)
Homelands, by Ellen M. Taylor
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![Frida's Boots Frida's Boots](/images/books/FridasBoots_th.jpg)
Frida's Boots, by Dana Robbins
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![Tangled Tangled](/images/books/th_Tangled.png)
Tangled, by Antonia Lewandowski
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![Tonic Tonic](/images/books/th_Tonic.png)
Tonic, by David R. Surette
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![People, Places, Poems People, Places, Poems](/images/books/th_PeoplePlacesPoems.png)
People, Places, Poems, by David McCann
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![Read To Me Some Poem Read To Me Some Poem](/images/books/th_ReadToMeSomePoem.png)
Read To Me Some Poem, by Maryli Tiemann and Alice Persons, Editors
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Read a sample
Reviews for Boulders, Birch and Wood Smoke: A Maine Melody
by Ted Bookey
One of the most accomplished books of poetry I've read in years, Boulders, Birch and Wood Smoke starts with a supremely moving meditation on the birth of Maine -- BY THE BROOK -- carved out by the retreating glaciers that began in the PleistoceneEpoch, and ends in a comic musing -- APPROACHING THREE SCORE AND TEN -- on the poet's mortality. The voice throughout is pure Maine, as defining as the state's rocky coast, lobster, and the white pine. Steve Cowperthwaite's ear is exquisitely tuned to a Mainespeak that's all but disappeared in the thirty years I've lived in the state; one rarely hears it any more. What a treat to know how lively and on the mark it can still be and that it will now stand preserved in these poems as they its celebrate nature, chronicle its small town life and history, the current events and doings of the world beyond the state. His take on the 2008 presidential election remains as hilarious and topical as when it was first written. It's no coincidence that Steve taught history professionally. If you love Maine, and who doesn't? you will love this collection.
by Claire Hersom
Steve Cowperthwaite takes his blue-eyed, dry wit and snaps it across the word "Yankee" like he owns it...the reader is invited in - into the woods, on the lakes, to sit by the fire in log cabins. With his prosy sashay in and out of the realm of a grand storyteller coupled with his authentic voice, this book becomes more than a wonderful collection of poetry; it's a love story.
Sample from Boulders, Birch and Wood Smoke: A Maine Melody
Ephemera
In April, if the world is still with only breeze enough to barely stir the opening lake, dying ice performs its own requiem, joyous song of release and renewal.
In the night, gentle west wind nudged the last great raft of lake-ice into the cove. Soft, porous, crumbling, morning sun and frigid water reduced all but a fraction to glassy slivers and shards, vanishing, but some of nature’s loveliest crystal, a million tiny chimes to strike together rocking almost imperceptibly on the slight swell.
The music is some of the rarest, performances, spontaneous and unannounced. I’ve never read a critic’s revue or a poet’s rapture. Listen!
That’s not the west wind whispering or the rattling of the brook. The orchestra is tuning. Our timing is perfect. The concert has begun.
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