{"product_id":"two-miles-west-gary-lee-entsminger-9781936671304","title":"Two Miles West","description":"In TWO MILES WEST, imagination, memory, and dream entwine to create voices that leap metaphysical boundaries. Entsminger asks us to suppose \"a time space lattice \/ imposed by a mind \/ composing images.\" In the realm of poetry, where an image in the mind's eye is as alive as a warm body, he explores the nature of knowledge. Endearing characters dance to the beat: Carisha in tawny hay fields, shirtless rain-soaked boys, a wanna-be western outlaw, pelicans disguised as lady's slippers, Bach composing on a supernatural plane, a gangling bald Russian professor, and a three-year-old boy's vision of Grandma \"in full-cut apron \/ hugging her wide hips \/ canvas shoes to ease \/ sore feet smell of \/ onions and fried potatoes.\" Individuals try to connect: faces trapped in wood grains, \"toes wiggle out to dance \/ teasing his stockings \/ bringing his fleet full stop \/ he lights a smile,\" young men following a trail round the hillside, a friend they pick up in a bar pushing \"imaginary buttons \/ that fumble under fingers,\" and persistent Handpick \u0026amp; McQ musing on life, war, and women, parading down the highway. Like the feathery swaying bamboo in his Henry Evans tribute, Entsminger has a light and loving touch that reaches for a world and a human potential he believes in. \"the sun eases \/ into a cloud lake \/ and cools \/ I walk on\" The troubadour sings a love song. \"A striking freshness, lyricism, and originality of voices-imagination and a sense of time and place characterize TWO MILES WEST. This uncommon first book of poetry has been seasoned by years of thought and experience. 'At night I pull the one runner curtain back \/ and look out the porch caves into ruined couch \/ below unshingled casts from lamplight.' You will be rewarded when you step into his light.\"-Michael Miller, author of LIFELINES \"The debut collection of a poet as remarkable for his offbeat humor and Virginia down-homeness as for his hip urbanity: his love of jazz, qi, and an ideal world without fences. Among the many triumphs in this collection is Entsminger's invention of a noir Steve McQueenish-slash-Jack Kerouackian character named McQ. Some killer poems: 'Hazing, ' 'Fallen, ' 'Wind and Bamboo, ' and the magnificent pièce de résistance, 'Old Bach.' Every day Entsminger, a Coloradan, looks out on views of evergreen meadows and snowcapped peaks. The scope of this book goes way beyond 'two miles west'!\"-James Reiss, author of RIFF ON SIX: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary Lee Entsminger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1936671301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781936671304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pinyon Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.27d","brand":"Gary Lee Entsminger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440146723071,"sku":"9781936671304","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_84494a0d-d544-4c46-ab80-0019f2fadde1.jpg?v=1777180505","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/two-miles-west-gary-lee-entsminger-9781936671304","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}