Keepsake

By David Novick

This collection of poems contains an epilogue. My original plan was to conclude the book with the poem The Serious Side of Funny Money. However, I wanted to increase the page count, therefore the need for some additional poems.

So as not to detract from my original vision for Keepsake, I decided to refer to the additional poems as an epilogue. I now think of the collection as a blended family. Please enjoy my blended family Keepsake.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Feb 2, 2017
• ISBN: 9781524580544

David Novick

David Novick is a businessman who resides in Massachusetts with his wife. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature and subsequently attended the University of Arizona MFA Creative Writing Program. The Great Outdoors is David Novick’s fourth book of poetry. His previous three books of poetry are Noises from the Garage, Reflection of a Hologram, and Keepsake. He continues to work and write at a furious pace.

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Copyright © 2017 by David Novick.

Original Photograph and Cover Design: Emily Izer

Contact: [e-mail]

Library of Congress Control Number:   2017901392

ISBN:      Hardcover      978-1-5245-7993-7

                Softcover        978-1-5245-7992-0

                eBook              978-1-5245-8054-4

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

Rev. date: 02/16/2017

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CONTENTS

Author’s Note

Dealer’s Choice

Backyard Deck

St. Petersburg

Herodotus Trucking

Salt of the Earth

My Serve

Both Ways

CAD/CAM Love

Predict or Perish

Best of Both Worlds

Holiday Party

Work Ethic

Solicitation

The Luncheonette

Kongsberg, Norway

Packaging Time

Day and Night

Mantra

Correct Step Big Mistake

Old-Fashioned

Rag Merchant

Night Romance

At the Conservatorium

Two Stories

Cambridge Hardware

Locket

Penn Relays

I Coined the Phrase

In Less Than a Minute

Commencement Speech

Scream

Three Days Out of Three

Before Taking a Phone Call from Mr. X

Keepsake

Brick by Brick

Purchasing Agent

St. Stephen’s Cathedral

Careful What You Wish For

Two Hundred Fifty and Counting

Class Dismissed

One on One

Newbury Street

Second Nature

M-F Me

Stapler/Staple-Pull

Suburb to City and Back Again

Stuck in the Past

New Year Kiss-Off

Update is Available

New Year Kiss

Today My Commission Check Arrived

Condensate Pump

This Is What I Do

Under the Eave

Stubborn Winter

In Reverse

You Guessed It

March to a Steady Beat

The Serious Side of Funny Money

Epilogue

Cobbs Corner

Contemplative Afternoon

String Theory of Love

Based on a Photo

Nashville II

The Kitchen Sink

One Twenty Over Eighty

At the Farm Stand

The Romantic Life

Anger Gone Viral

Upon the Pulpit

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To Elizabeth

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Author’s Note

This collection of poems contains an epilogue. My original plan was to conclude the book with the poem The Serious Side of Funny Money. However, I wanted to increase the page count, therefore the need for some additional poems.

So as not to detract