Jared Carter’s first collection of poems, Work, for the Night is Coming, won the Walt Whitman Award for 1980. His second, After the Rain, received the Poets’ Prize for 1994. His third, Les Barricades Mystérieuses, appeared in 1999. All three volumes are available from Cleveland State University Poetry Center. His fourth book, Cross this Bridge at a Walk, is from Wind Publications in Kentucky.
London Poetry Review The Pennsylvania Review Verse WeeklyCross this Bridge at a Walk, is now available from Wind Publications in Kentucky.
Its sixteen narrative poems recount incidents in America’s history from the Revolution to the present, with cameo appearances by Mother Ann Lee, Emily Dickinson, Scott Joplin, and Bix Beiderbecke.
To read sample poems from the book, go to “Coxey’s Army,” “Spirea,” or “Jesus Walking on the Water.”
We offer to anyone who contributes $20 or more to The Formalist Portal a free hard copy of Alfred Dorn’s latest book, Visits and Vistas, signed by the author. This book is a limited edition of 50 signed and numbered copies, and only 20 of them remain available. They will be given to contributors on a first-come, first-served basis. Copies of Alfred Dorn’s earlier books are offered by on-line booksellers for prices as high as $175, and signed copies of his books are very scarce. Don’t delay!
