About the book

Quiet on the Outside… is my fourth collection of poems. As of 15 December 2023, the print edition is out of print. Ebooks are still available.

Softcover 5.5 x 8.5 in., 136 pages
Alarm Cat Press #ART42
ISBN: 9780990794950
July 2015

Smashwords e-book edition (ePub & Kindle)
ISBN: 9781311771681
July 2015

Amazon Kindle e-book edition (Kindle)
ASIN: B010OPV590
July 2015

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What’s in the book

The contents are divided into six sections:

Autobiography

Sample poem: Sometimes you say it better than I ever could

Dreams, Fantasies, and Fictions

Sample poem: Unarmed #2

The Solar System Cycle An experiment—acrostic poems about the planets, with the lines originally written in reverse order.

Sample poem: 

Saturn

Same thing every time:

after the event is long over
time erases memories

Under bright summer skies
reminiscence is pointless

Next to the statue, two gods talk

Observations

Sample poem: Islands are bodies of land surrounded on all sides by water

Whimsy

Sample poem: Sam-I-Am cannot be trusted

Short Forms

Sample poem: 6-inch alien

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(Revised 15 December 2023)