Shadow Boxer

By R. M. Fraser

In this series of poems, THE SHADOW BOXER, R.M. Fraser pays homage to and comes to terms with family... All the grace and grain, the pride and practice, the fear and frustration as well as the hope and love are here. As progeny to culturally Deaf parents, he understands that they were able to transcend many of the deficits
society foists upon people they deem handicapped. Sometimes in prose, sometimes in rhyme, but consistently with the desire to comprehend and reconcile the arithmetic of kinship and the multiplication of wounds...
Fraser moves steadily to a comprehension that we all do the best we can with the abilities given us at birth and the limitations imposed upon us by a society rife with indolence. His is an understanding that while one cannot really go home again that home follows us wherever we may be.
-- Kathleen Niles, The Comstock Review

• Language: English
• Publisher: R. M. Fraser
• Release date: Dec 15, 2011
• ISBN: 9781466100749

R. M. Fraser

I make my home in New England, just outside of Boston, Massachusetts. I have been writing music, lyrics, and poetry for about twenty years, and finally decided it was time to put some out there and step into the field as a new author. I have recently shifted my focus to short stories and novels, and plan to publish when they are ready. Being a child of culturally Deaf parents has given me what I think is a unique perspective on the world, and I hope it shows in my work. Follow my blog, The Fraser File, for updates on upcoming works, and a little Deaf awareness. You may even find some reviews of other books and local underground music. R. M. Fraser

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"In this series of poems, SHADOW BOXER, R.M. Fraser pays

homage to and comes to terms with family…All the grace and grain,

the pride and practice, the fear and frustration as well as the hope

and love are here. As progeny to culturally Deaf parents, he understands

that they were able to transcend many of the deficits society foists upon

people they deem handicapped. Sometimes in prose, sometimes in rhyme,

but consistently with the desire to comprehend and reconcile the arithmetic

of kinship and the multiplication of wounds...Fraser moves steadily to a

comprehension that we all do the best we can with the abilities given us

at birth and the limitations imposed upon us by a society rife with indolence.

His is an understanding that while one cannot really go home again,

home follows us wherever we may be."

-- Kathleen Niles,

The Comstock Review

Shadow Boxer

and other poems

by R. M. Fraser

Published by R. M. Fraser at Smashwords

Copyright 2011 R. M. Fraser

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Table of Contents

Shadow Boxer

Pride

Grandfather

Reflection (Part One)

Execution at the Castle

Unconditional