Glenda Beall, one of my favorite people, and a force in the poetry world of western NC, has written some nice words about my forthcoming book of poetry, Elemental, due out from Redhawk Publishing in the next month or two. Here is what she wrote:
Scott Owens delves deep into the simple but precious things we take for granted and opens our eyes, to see what he sees, what he hears, and feels, to bring into consciousness those elemental parts of life. An emotionally intelligent person, he lives and breathes poetry, and we are the fortunate recipients.
In the section, Book of Days, each month of the year inspires a poem.
September Sits in Too Big Shoes.
September opens her hands to everything, tries on summer’s bright blouse, autumn’s dappled skirt, winter’s cloak of darkness.
For October, my birth month, Scott writes
As the last leaves fall, October goes out,
rattling chains, knotting trees with blackbirds,
swelling with echoes of leaving.
An avid bird watcher, he writes:
In appreciation of Mockingbirds.
Life would be so much sweeter, if we could all be like mockingbirds, happy with what god has given us, flashing wings in appreciation, fanning tails, leaping up, flaunting bright patches, singing songs of celebration at the top of our lungs in a diversity of voices without concern for who hears. In this book, Scott’s diversity of poetry rings out. Places from Arizona to Hayesville NC, from the death of his beloved dog to Haiku. Each page takes us on a journey. We are eager to see where we will go next.
