My first book - Graveyard Dogs (Kelsay Books) was published late last month! I am beyond thrilled. It has been a long, often dark, road, but a necessary one all the same.
I’m extremely grateful for the help from the poets and writers on the poetry crit page, and hope they see this message, as they might recognize a number of the poems in the book.
Here is one of the blurbs that we used for the back cover if anyone is interested.
“Graveyard Dogs is a graceful descent into the dimension of loss and grief. We witness life reduced to dirt and gravestones. We see love pushed into the shadows with nowhere to go. Jason Brightwell is a masterful shepherd whose poems guide us through the many facets of death. There is beauty and elegance in mourning and on every page in this book. He shows us life prevails through tar, rust and blood clots. We remain—the ones that are left behind—still of stars and still of purpose”
I’m extremely grateful for the help from the poets and writers on the poetry crit page, and hope they see this message, as they might recognize a number of the poems in the book.
Here is one of the blurbs that we used for the back cover if anyone is interested.
“Graveyard Dogs is a graceful descent into the dimension of loss and grief. We witness life reduced to dirt and gravestones. We see love pushed into the shadows with nowhere to go. Jason Brightwell is a masterful shepherd whose poems guide us through the many facets of death. There is beauty and elegance in mourning and on every page in this book. He shows us life prevails through tar, rust and blood clots. We remain—the ones that are left behind—still of stars and still of purpose”
