Dale Hobson

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Lampreys taste the current</div> <div> with toothy sucker-mouths, threading dog ribs</div> <div> mingled in washed-out roots of apple stumps.</div> <bR> <div> The past outlasts us. The land changes.</div> <div> We picnic on forgotten graves, sing</div> <div> drunkenly. Fog engulfs.</div> <div> We nod wet dreams come nightfall</div> <div> in the lightly bobbing boat.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Dale Hobson writes in and about the Adirondack North Country of New York State. As web manager at North Country Public Radio he created and edits Books by Email, a serial presentation of complete new and forthcoming books by authors of the region. He hosts an occasional broadcast/podcast feature “Giving Voice,” showcasing poets in performance and interview, is an occasional co-host of <I>Readers & Writers</I> <I>on the Air</I>, a monthly call-in on contemporary literature, and writes a weekly column for the NCPR newsletter <I>The Listening Post</I>. Previous publications  include the chapbooks <I>Nickelodeon</I>, <I>Second Growth</I> and <I>The Water I Carry</I>. <I>A Drop of Ink</I> is his first full-length collection of poetry. </div> <bR> <div> He shares a home on Sugar Island Flow in Potsdam, New York with his wife, Terry de la Vega.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>a drop of ink </B></I>is an 80 page hand-stitched paper book with spine - $16.00. </div> <bR> <div> TO ORDER  <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>a drop of ink</B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id11.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ordering By Mail"><U>To order through mail click here.</U></A>     </div> <bR> <div> ON-LINE          <A HREF="id11.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ordering By Mail"><U> </U></A>                              </div> <bR> <div> From the US      <B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="a drop of ink"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="11-09"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="16.00"> <input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>  </B></div> <bR> <div> From Canada      <B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="a drop of ink"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="11-09"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="16.00"> <input type="hidden" name="shipping" value="2.75"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>  </B></div> <bR> <div> From Other Countries           <B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="a drop of ink"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="11-09"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="16.00"> <input type="hidden" name="shipping" value="5.00"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>  </B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>