A Legacy of Shadows: Selected Poems

by David Lee and David Lee

Book Overview

Bobby Joe

if i should die before I wake...

I don't know if I believed in ghosts
before Bobby Joe Lee had his stroke

that big man we called Bull lying there
all them years in that hospital room

wasn't nothing they could do
but wait and see

if he'd try to wake up or let it go
he was like a lightning-struck tree

didn't even know it was gone
alone in there, blind and lost

until the next firestorm come
to finish...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556590970
• ISBN13: 9781556590979
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Legacy of Shadows, A legacy of Work

For anyone interested in reading as close to the the complete collection Dave Lee's narrative voice as one can get, describing small town life, Legacy of Shadows is a must read. Collected from Lee's previous major works, Legacy of Shadows begins with The Porcine Legacy and ends with selections from My Town, winner of the Western States Book Award. In this one title, the reader will be able to see a complete picture of the unique and wonderful voice that David Lee brings to poetry. Published in conjunction with News Down to the Cafe: New Poems, Legacy of Shadows will stir the emotions of any reader.