Where You Are is a 28 page chapbook of 21 slices-of-life poems, written by Pittsburgh poet Jason Irwin. Irwin's pithy poems are collages
of desire and anticipation
From archipelago to archipelago
my eyes travel southward,
following a constellation of blue stars
that disappear beneath her low slung jeans.
of irony and missed chances
You know you could love her forever,
if you could just summon the courage to ask
her phone number. Instead, you settle for a sixth cup
of coffee and extra ketchup for your fries.
of a lifetime seeking the "Where You Are" of the title...
Aren't we like that girl at the bus stop—
short skirt, one wool sock
pulled tight at her knee, the other lost
around her ankle—bewildered
by the distance we must travel?
Irwin 's first full-length collection Watering the Dead won the 2006-2007 Transcontinental Poetry Award and was published by Pavement Saw Press in 2008. Some Days It's A Love Story won the 2005 Slipstream Press Chapbook Prize. You can find him at www.jasonirwin.blogspot.com.
Where You Are features a beautiful cover photo by Chandra Alderman, printed on two-sided dove gray and dark gray cardstock, with a thick, burnt orange cardstock insert. The text is printed on a creamy-textured brilliant white paper. This chapbook is available beginning this coming Saturday June 14, 2014 for only $5 plus $3 shipping/handling! You may preorder beginning today.
If you are in Pittsburgh, you can obtain a copy at the Words Dance in the NightBallet event and have the poet sign it for you on the spot! If you are out-of-town and must order it online, you can order it through PayPal or find it on Amazon!
Be among the first to get a copy and find out just exactly Where You Are!
