Betting on the Night: Poems

By Dennis Held

"Held's poems are so full of keenly heard sounds, sharply observed sights, sly and sympathetic humor, and enjoyed experience that it is easy to fall in love with them. . . . The poems are about fishing, relaxing with the Packers on TV or a bottle of bourbon, remembering burning the trash outdoors, skipping church of a Sunday, and imagining the glaciers creating the Midwest. . . Set in Wisconsin and Montana, they are poems of the Northwest, gusts of sweet, cold, enlivening air."--i>Booklist

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0966861280
• ISBN13: 9780966861280
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Lost Horse Press
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.6" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

Vivid Images Bring Vivid Thoughts

Dennis Held is a northwestern contemporary poet whose talent with words evokes images that stir the imagination. His poems produce experiences, ways of seeing the world, not typical in today's writing. This little book leaves you wishing for more.