No Applause Under the Texaco Sign

By Wayne McNeil

In No Applause Under the Texaco Sign, Wayne McNeil writes from the quiet middle of things. The glow of a gas station at night, a kitchen after dishes, sidewalks warming under morning sun.

These poems move through a year marked by loss, where small encounters and everyday landscapes become anchors. Birds in branches, weeds in lawns, the steady exchange between strangers. Grief is present, but so is care.

McNeil's eye rests on what most of us pass without noticing. A receipt, a cracked cup, a walk home with milk. He reveals the grace hidden in repetition, routine, and survival. Here, endurance is not dramatic. It is lived close to the ground.

A collection about tenderness inside the ordinary, about beauty and ache sharing the same light, and about lives that go on without applause and matter all the same.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GMQS6ZL2
• ISBN13: 9798265327925
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"