Poems from ''The Avalanche''

By Al Ferber

Accounts of eye witnesses to The Avalanche:

It wont even vaguely remind you of SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS. Hop Wechsler, Poet, Coconspirator

Al Ferbers poetry, often brittle reflections on the nature of being, the meaning of life, relationships, spirituality, capture the mystique, the exuberance and claustrophobic angst of a working class Catholic world. Arthur Valenzuela, Linguist, MSW

Gus swings ! Jack Roe, Actor, Publican, World Traveler

They touch me, confuse me, speak to me, uncover me, scare me. Diva, aka Jo Joy, aka Joann Gorman, Nurse, Photographer, and E-Mail Poet

Al Ferber has created an urban Everyman who encounters lifes rudest shocks and most exalted pleasures with dazed surprise and self deprecating humor. In Ferbers spare, sometimes delicate, frequently twisted lines (which are not for the scatologically sensitive), we see a character who is usually preoccupied with sex, and occasionally touched by the joy of unexpected beauty and love. There is an odd kind of grace in Gus, a hopefulness which, in spite of itself, sometimes shades over into something very close to faith. Bill Kassell, Author, Playwright, Singer Songwriter

Well folks, Gus has been wandering in the wastelands now for nigh unto thirty years or more. Its high time there be an avalanche or two (or six thousand) to finally please his creator and his followers alike.
R. Philip Toy, Poet, aka Rainbow

Al, I love the freaking poems, almost felt some of Gus shit myself. Jack Apsche, PhD Clinical Psychology, Certifiable Madman

Desarollandote en una forma mas completa. mas creativo con mucha sensitividad.
Sorry - more easier for me to say in Spanish. Im sure you will figure it out. Marti Padilla, Physical Therapist & Love Goddess to the Sick & Infirmed

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Aug 29, 2000
• ISBN: 9781462844531

Al Ferber

Al Ferber a septuagenerian going on 13. Born. Regrettably… A North Philly kid. Survived education at Temple U., Penn State, Villanova U. Alcoholic 30 years. Sober 23 years. Indenture servant to Catherine the Great 34 years. Learned to love and appreciate cats and one dog. Authored 30 books of poems, 2 novels, 3 chap books. Poems in Magazines in U.S., England, Scotland, France. Still alive, on the downward path of the sliding board, as of this writing. An undocumented alien in the world. Resides Ocean City, NJ surrounded by water with Cathi, Luna, Mitzi, and Opal. So there.

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POEMS FROMTHE AVALANCHE

Al Ferber

Copyright © 2000 by Al Ferber.

ISBN #: Softcover 0-7388-2803-3

eBook 9781462844531

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Contents

Avalanche:

Also by Al Ferber

About The Author

Apocalypse Of The Moon

Temperamental

Senseless

Liter Ally

Liquor Store Jig

Brain Sores

Driving Force

Base Metabolism

13th & Denial Street

Doctor John

Crisis Point

Clinical Arrangement

Add Nauseum

Crystal Palace

Elimination Game

Blues No. 2

Hermitage

Cave Man Stomp

Swift Current

Annual Chair

Seat Of Power

Prom King

Yakity Yak

Untreatable

Remap

Light Years

Street Lamp Soliloquy

Trailing Ghosts

Bare Bottom Love

Thunder Storm

Odeon

Squeeze Play

4th Of July Track Meet

The Whip

53 Trolley

Carousel

Tree Stalking

Golden Arches

Grand Old Lady

Little Man

Captain Woo

Municipal Pool

Don’t Wanna Be Kissed

Fantasy

Green Street Blues

Slop

Gradual Redemption

The Duke Of Earl

Agriculture

Incremental Pauses

Shedding Light

Scavenger

Pons

Clearing In The Woods

Circle Moon

Forced Pleasure

Bright Edge

Drift Wood

Hearing Device

Turning Wheel

Discordant Dreams

Midcalf

Winter Party

Squirrel Song

Charley’s Pizza

Illustrator

Stage Hand

Split Decision

Neon Lining

Purple Herman

Nudematic Drill

Mickey’s Monkey

Stogie Man

Night Watch

Day Dance

Your Hell Or Mine

Seconds

Crackle

Semper

Life Support

Safe House

Blue Moon

Shadow Dancing

Purple Heaven

Fill My Dream

John

Nets

Beast

Long Wind

Cemetery Chairman

Enchanting Melody

Maintenance Worker

Dream Lovers

Swamp Gas Emanation

Love Trap

Static Guard

Chocolate Chip

Post Nuptial

Love Martyr

Squirrel Moon

Mystery

On This Street

Extreme

Antifreeze

Homemade

Sex Addict

Drug Counseling

Aftershock

Wildebeest In Love

Miles Ahead

Catherine The Great

Bonsai Flower

Long Term Contract

Christmas Assembly

Nothing Like You

Sexual Favors

Boffing Closet

Reeds (for Cathi)

Magic Touch

Wind Tunnel

Adverse Circumstances

Ladylike

by Joann Gorman

Enmeshed

Mounting Discoveries

Stop Watch

Heft

Figurine

Devil Crab

Captain Of The Ship

Lost Wing

Off Somewhere

The Lady’s

Sexually Transmitted

Bordello Stomp

Consonant

This book is dedicated

to Buddha, Cathi,my parents,Norman Newberg, Gus,and all my friends and fellows:past, present, and future.Also, Miles Davis, whose music, made in heaven, movedThe Avalanche along.Special thanks to Hop Wechsler(poet & illegitimate brother of Gus) and Kris Rabberman,PhD, University of Pennsylvania, for editingThe Avalanche.

Avalanche:

Webster’s Dictionary defines Avalanche as:

1. a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other