Dirt Road - by Kerry Moyer (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>In his debut work, poet Kerry Moyer paints pictures of his world. These glimpses of friends, family, and familiar places tell his story, but they also tell the reader's. His nostalgic lens appeals to everyone who grew up in rural America close to or at the end of a dirt road. We can picture ourselves in the apple orchard or on the porch of the old farmhouse of Moyer's youth, because we have these or something similar in our own memories. We can also see ourselves in our favorite watering hole, in trouble, and at the end of our rope. Moyer's voice becomes ours. With Dirt Road, Moyer introduces his voice to a wider audience and helped many of us to find our own voice and our own dirt road.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>As poet Tony Hoagland wrote, many are wounded into silence, but artists "are wounded into speech." Such is the way of many of Moyer's poems here, a testimony to difficult times turned into more tranquil art. Moyer's path may be long, and there may still be much of it to tread, but he has made a promising start here, one to admire and savor, like a well-made hard-won meal.</p><p>--Kevin Rabas, Poet Laureate of Kansas (2017-2019), <em>Like Buddha-Calm Bird</em></p><p> </p><p>Let's start with this--Kerry Moyer's poetry is at times touching and beautiful, at times jarring and disquieting, and always, always honest and story-filled. Perhaps the visual detail is what draws me most to Moyer's writing. Each stanza leaves me with a new memory, tucked into my mind's eye almost as clearly as if it were my own--the seven-year-old in a wax clown mask, a beaten face after the fight, Grandma B making pancakes, a boy playing on shag carpet. Moyer's words reveal the messiness that is humanity, reminding us that we are all grounded in love as much as heartbreak. I carry these poetic scenes with me, replaying them in my mind, enjoying the act of speaking aloud so many well-penned turns of phrase. <br /> <br /> -Tracy Million Simmons, owner Meadowlark Books, <br /> author of Tiger Hunting and A Life in Progress</p><p><br /> In his debut work, poet Kerry Moyer paints pictures of his world. These glimpses of friends, family, and familiar places tell his story, but they also tell the reader's. His nostalgic lens appeals to everyone who grew up in rural America close to or at the end of a dirt road. We can picture ourselves in the apple orchard or on the porch of the old farmhouse of Moyer's youth, because we have these or something similar in our own memories. We can also see ourselves in our favorite watering hole, in trouble, and at the end of our rope. Moyer's voice becomes ours. With Dirt Road, Moyer introduces his voice to a wider audience and helped many of us to find our own voice and our own dirt road.</p><p> -Curtis Becker, owner Kellogg Press, author of He Watched and Took Note.<br /> </p><p>Kerry Moyer, a self-described "dirt road" poet, unlocks memories of drunken clowns, hay dust, fractured people, and yellow tractors to craft vibrant images of one man's life. Moyer's verses explore the tender and the troubling: a loving grandmother's pancakes and prayers, a grandfather's gifted pocket knife, and a kind neighbor's offering of food to hungry boys and beer to a shaking, alcoholic father. Moyer paints vivid word pictures that compel you to look, that grip you and won't let go. Relish this collection.</p><p> -Michael D. Graves, author of To Leave a Shadow and Shadow of Death</p><p><br /> With a observant eye, Kerry Moyer writes about places he has loved - his grandparents' farm in Oklahoma, and the Kansas Flint Hills where he bicycles on gravel roads. He also writes about the sharp edges of family. While his young emotions are palpable in some of these poems, Moyer comes across more as an active observer than a childhood victim, tempering those sharp edges of family with time, perspective and maturity.</p><p> -Cheryl Unruh, author of Flyover People, Waiting on the Sky, and Walking on Water.</p><br>
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