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    Pendulum
    Pendulum
    Pendulum
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    Pendulum

    By Eric Scott Sutherland

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    The poems in this humane collection are hard and beautiful. They are hard, because the locals here are marginalized and somewhat lost, yet beautiful because they live with hope, and because each poem in this heartfelt book is accompanied by singing. Behind this cast of characters is the poet himself, a living spirit, capturing the human voice, s

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAccents Publishing, LLC
    Release dateMay 15, 2014
    ISBN9781936628773
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      Book preview

      Pendulum - Eric Scott Sutherland

      Copyright © 2014 by Eric Scott Sutherland

      All rights reserved

      Printed in the United States of America

      Accents Publishing

      Editor: Katerina Stoykova-Klemer

      Cover Photo: Vladislav Hristov

      Cover Design: Simeon Kondev

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2014938762

      ISBN: 978-1-936628-25-4

      ISBN: 978-1-936628-77-3 (e-book)

      First Edition

      Accents Publishing is an independent press for brilliant voices. For a catalog of current and upcoming titles, please visit us on the Web at

      www.accents-publishing.com

      Contents

      the gate

      Sleepwalker

      Milkshake Ricky

      the best, the best

      plague

      how to keep from going out of business

      the widow’s mite

      have and have-not

      when man returns to beast

      possession

      man of steel forearms

      fishing for change

      the restless

      trickle down

      Holly Hollow

      silent siren

      vengeance is a bastard

      Agent Orange

      out, kicked out

      Reader, a question

      scratching posts

      Baby Baby

      Willie the Walrus

      Half-Hawk the Behemoth

      Henry Earl’s James Brown blues

      GRRR

      the hardness of soft bodies

      hush

      Babel

      steps (more than twelve)

      regular American

      not in the job description

      Speed King

      eyes

      Bobby Black Nose

      Old Red Harris

      dim rotunda

      questioning a suicide

      the definition of insanity

      invisible city

      Raggedy Annie and Little Miss Muppet

      government check blues

      panhandler’s fib

      the Gatekeeper

      vitriolage

      homicide detective

      second chance

      strange fruit

      status quo

      will listen to sermon for food

      a greater depression

      Hector

      acceptance

      pendulum

      the Saint of Selflessness, or SOS

      Harley

      All

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