Cities have long been an object of poetic contemplation. This poetry about a small Western Pennsylvania town attempts to reawaken the past and infuse meaning and newness into happenings one takes for granted. It expresses awe at what is seemingly trivial, it slows down to express wonder at the commonplace. It does this with plain language that penetrates beneath the sensual surface of the events of everyday life for the hidden, mysterious component that reveals the beauty of life's experience.These poems are more than a nostalgic recounting of memories and occurrences. They have to do with the essence of reality and as such they are insights into the way people see things and the way they live in small towns across the nation.
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This is the second revised and enlarged [with some photos] edition of the Butler Pennsylvania Poems that was first published in 2003.
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Where pay tribute to a hometown--where light a torch or chisel words in stone? --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
Where pay tribute to a hometown--where light a torch or chisel words in stone? --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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Charles Cingolani was born in Butler, Pennsylvania. He studied philosophy and languages, became a teacher, served in the U.S. Army and taught in the United States and abroad. He has been living in Germany for the last 30 years. He is married and has two children.
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I bought it for the sled riding poem.,
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A friend of mine told me about this sledding poem and I just had to have the book after I read his e-mail. How many poems there are in this collection that rang bells for me!
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I dearly love this book.,
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The reading was delightful and opened up insights as to my own feelings for my hometown. How I feel when revisiting, how I see the buildings and view the landscape. The streets, early love, High School days. I don't know of any other poetry that focuses so intently on the subject of a hometown. An extraordinary book.
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A great new book,
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So serene, so careful and loving in its approach to everyday happenings. I highly recommend this book of poems.
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I never moved in strange spaces as a boy when up there was North and out there West for I could navigate through the Forty-Eight States with bearings from Main Street best. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Main Street, Court House, High School New!
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I never moved in strange spaces as a boy when up there was North and out there West for I could navigate through the Forty-Eight States with bearings from Main Street best. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Main Street, Court House, High School New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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