Lakeside Poems

Charles Rossiter

Charles Rossiter, NEA Fellowship recipient, has been featured at the Dodge Poetry Festival in NJ, and on NPR.  Other recent publications reflecting his ongoing exploration of classical Chinese poetry include Cold Mountain 2000: Han Shan in the City, Winter Poems and the anthology, In the Spirit of T’ao Ch’ien, all from FootHills Publishing.  

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From the Introduction:

These poems grew from a desire to capture in words what that relaxed, meditative lakeside experience is like, and what it does for the body and soul. There are forty-seven distinct poems, reflecting varied moods, feelings and experiences. On the other hand, the entire series could also be viewed as a single, long, multi-part love poem to Lake Michigan, many years in the making.

From the book:

6.

Storm coming in,

sky and water

the same deep gray.

What’s worse,

I ask myself--

to get soaked
or to miss
what comes next

28.

beside the campfire

we talk into the night

foghorn moans

in the distance

the lighthouse light

comes round again

and again

and again

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Lakeside Poems

is a 56 page 5 5/16 inch by 5 5/16 inch

hand-sewn paperbook with spine.      

$12.00

Release date 3/22

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