The Dying Meteorologist

By Steve Luxton

In Acting My Age, the opening section, the poet Steve Luxton navigates retirement. With unflagging wit, he suspects he is viewed, if at all, as a curiosity or even sidewalk obstacle by hurry- by younger generations . . . . Growing older involves losses but also gains: a flourishing bond with wife and friends, and the acquisition of wisdom. In the second, The Dying Meteorologist, from which the collection's title derives, Luxton writes of the winter-long bout with cancer of a close friend. In this 22-poem cycle, he movingly records conversations, walks, drives and last days. These pieces celebrate life and friendship, under imponderable and fateful skies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1927599474
• ISBN13: 9781927599471
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: DC Books
• Length: 71 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.9" x 7.8"