Duck Hunting in America: Po-M’S

By Steven Lahr

The title of this piece of work is misleading in many respects. You might pick it up and peruse it thinking that wow, its a new waterfowl book. Well, youll find some. The core and idea of whats inside in reality is somewhat disguised. The title in essence is a reflection more of life and with some different perspectives. The writer has deep love of the Art of Waterfowling. Hes also a bird watcher and a long time member of the Cornell Ornithology Association. (Many accolades to this organization!).

Think of the concept of this title as whats written is more of a reflection on the writer himself. Get All Your Ducks In A Row and well attempt to embark on some inner meanings. Hopefully, it will grow.

The first book, Rantings of an Ivy League Mad Man, has a parallel. Lets get out the decoys and sit tight as we watch the morning come to full light. If youve been there with your camo on, you most likely wont be bored.

Hopefully, we pass on this tradition to those we love because of what happens to waterfowl and human beings alike. Im trying to pass on a message. Some may struggle making the connection between the book title and its content. I hope they persevere.

Hopefully youll grasp the concept as it is. These arent necessarily poems. I call them po-ms for better clarity. Youll see why.

Enjoy,
Steve C. Lahr

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jun 23, 2016
• ISBN: 9781514483138

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Copyright © 2016 by Steven Lahr.

ISBN:      Softcover      978-1-5144-8314-5

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Contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword

A Return To The Front Cover

There’s Nothing Like The Real Thing

The Mallard

I Heard It Through The Duck Blind

Duck, Duck, Goose (For Anne Lahr, the artist)

Take A Good Look At This Duck Face

Nothing You Can Say Will Keep Me From My Blind

???

Lame Duck (For Pat Owen)

A Mind Run Afoul (afowl)

Bed, Bath And Ducks Beyond

How About A Duck For President

Ugly Duckling

Bird Watching

Duck Tape

Shack Attack

The Duck House

Duck Downs

Lesser Scaup ???

Day Break

Duck Soup

Snow And Ice

The Costume of Duck Hunting in America

All Ducked Up

Boozesicles

Duck Out

Isn’t Life Just Ducky?

Don’t Duck Around

Duck Devotionals

Ballet Of The Birds

I’m Sorry, I Thought You Were A Duck

The Redhead

Taxidermy

Decoys

The Canvas Back

Feathers For Comfort And Fun

The Black Duck

Lots Of Duck

The Mallard

Duck You

Had Any Duck?

Follow The Crowd

The Bug

Progeny

Pass The Duck

Pleasures Of The World

Duck This

Duck That

Don’t Look Up. You Might Just See A Duck.

Don’t Ruffle My Feathers

The Perfect Duck

Love To Duck Around

She Asked For 3. I Only Have 2½

Duck Calling

A Full Moon For All

Goose Busters

Diving Duck

A Prologue To Book Three

The End

I Heard It Through The Duck Blind

Quack, Quack Means I Love You

Learning early the art of water fowling from our dad, in the middle is my brother Craig. Author is on the end standing on an old Gennesca Beer wooden crate.

Cornstalk Blind in late December on the shore of Canandaigua Lake.

To mom and Dad and my retriever the commander and chief of the Duck Shack.

Acknowledgements

- Pat Owen, who worked relentlessly to decipher my poor handwriting. Turned it into great typed verse and pros thank you Pat

- To Screwy Loey for helping to work through the publishing process, also added inspiration. Thanks Q.

- To again Anne Lahr, not related, for her art and continued excitement for the book.

- To Action Jackson for his free spirit that gave me many new thoughts, for some of my po-m’s.

- To my alma mater Cornell as without those years attending many of my po-m’s would have been created.

- To Xlibris Publishing and staff for putting together the finished format. Hello Monique

Foreword

The title of this piece of work is misleading in many respects. You might pick it up and peruse it thinking that wow, it’s a new waterfowl book. Well, you’ll find some. The core and idea of what’s inside in reality is somewhat disguised. The title in essence is a reflection more of life and with some different perspectives. The writer has deep love of the Art of Waterfowling. He’s also a bird watcher and a long time member of the Cornell Ornithology Association. (Many accolades to this organization!).

Think of the concept of this title as what’s written is more of a reflection on the writer himself. Get All Your Ducks In A Row and we’ll attempt to embark on some inner meanings. Hopefully, it will grow.

The first book, Rantings of an Ivy League Mad Man, has a parallel. Let’s