Thirteeners – Local Author – Ray Greenblatt

Description

For many years, Ken Stone published a poetry journal called Thirteen Magazine, which included only poems of thirteen lines. Ray Greenblatt was intrigued by the challenge, and began cutting out excess imagery and verbiage in his own work and learning the true meaning of “every word counts.” Thirteeners is a collection of his pared-down poetry, praised by fellow poets as “incredibly intimate yet sweeping” (Lisa Lutwyche) and “deeply humanistic” (Joseph Ciluffo). The 113 poems in this square-format collection comprise the first volume in a series of short poems.