Observations and Commentary – One Hundred Poems

Observations and Commentary

One Hundred Poems

 

This volume, Observations and Commentary, is what its title bespeaks. Everything with which we interact daily can be the source of quandary or confusion, of interest, of interrogation, or of insight. The danger, as the poet says is in “…the ritual of postponing rituals, the deception that there is still plenty of time.”

After all, what finer ritual can one observe than to embrace the mystery, turn it over like a polished pebble in the hand, and wonder if the examiner is examined by his or her own question.

If this collection of poetry lives up to its title, it gives voice to unexpected trajectories as ideas carom from impacts with observations often noted ironically, or irreverently, or with occasional insights which startled even the poet. The poet should not be immune from being informed by his or her own poetry.

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Author: Tom Spence
ISBN: 978-1-64922-223-7 (Hardback)
Market price: $22.95 (paperback)
Format: Hardback
Page Count: 108

About the Author

Tom Spence was born in Sheridan, Wyoming in 1940. He grew up in various places—Laramie, Wyoming, Bolivia, S. A., Colorado, eventually returning to Laramie with his family and itinerant chemist father.

After graduating from Laramie High School, Tom earned some degrees at the University of Wyoming­—Art/English, and a Master’s in Art.

Tom taught in colleges in North Carolina, Connecticut, and New Jersey. Then an entry-level job in the New York City Subway system beckoned. He completed a career working underground on the tracks and the third rail. He retired in 1995 after serving for many years as a steward and officer in the Transport Workers Union.

Tom moved back to Wyoming, small-town Buffalo, and built and operated a diner on Main Street for 11 years. Then with his union-negotiated pension and Social Security/Medicare secure, pondering cloud shadows on the prairie was his next undertaking. Now he can be found living on the edge of the Powder River Basin with Vikki, his wife, observing, and offering unsolicited commentary.