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    Why Does She Always Talk About Her Husband?
    Why Does She Always Talk About Her Husband?
    Why Does She Always Talk About Her Husband?
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    Why Does She Always Talk About Her Husband?

    By David Romanda

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    David Romanda's Why Does She Always Talk about Her Husband? is minimalist poetry at its finest-quick, punchy, and deceptively spare. Romanda stands on the shoulders of modern greats, such as Raymond Carver, Charles Bukowski, and Charles Simic, adding his own offbeat, rebel playfulness, exploring topics such as love, loneliness, sickness

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBlue Cedar Press
    Release dateNov 15, 2022
    ISBN9781958728079
    Why Does She Always Talk About Her Husband?
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    David Romanda

    David Romanda is the author of I'm Sick of Pale Blue Skies, a limited-edition chapbook, and the broken bird feeder, a full collection. His work has been included in Best Canadian Poetry. Romanda lives in Kawasaki City, Japan.

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      Why Does She Always Talk About Her Husband? - David Romanda

      WHYnewcover.jpg

      WHY

      DOES

      SHE

      ALWAYS

      TALK

      ABOUT

      HER HUSBAND?

      Poems by David Romanda

      Wichita, Kansas

      WHY DOES SHE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HER HUSBAND?

      Copyright © 2022 by David Romanda. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher except for brief quotations in critical articles and reviews. Inquiries should be addressed to:

      Blue Cedar Press

      PO Box 48715

      Wichita, KS 67201

      Visit the Blue Cedar Press website: https://bluecedarpress.com

      First edition November 2022

      10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

      ISBN: 978-1-958728-07-9 (ebook)

      ISBN: 978-1-958728-06-2 (paper)

      Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 2022947139

      Cover design by Gretchen Eick

      Interior layout by Gina Laiso

      Printed by IngramSpark in the US and abroad

      To Atsuko

      Freckles

      I’ll remember

      the wash of freckles

      across Debby’s forehead

      &

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