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    The Song We Left Behind
    The Song We Left Behind
    The Song We Left Behind
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    The Song We Left Behind

    By Rod Drought

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    Rod Drought takes the reader on a travelogue to New England in the winter, a mule ride to the base camp at the Grand Canyon, Puerto Penasco, Mexico as well as stop overs in small towns, airport bars and other roadside attractions across America searching for the lost connection between humanity and the natural world. His poems are an exploration of his personal space in the world, the history of the land and its’ people.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRod Drought
    Release dateMar 18, 2015
    ISBN9781311925183
    The Song We Left Behind
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    Rod Drought

    Rod Drought spent the first 38 years of life in Westchester County, New York before moving to the warmer climbs of Arizona. He has been published in several literary journals over the years as well local newspapers and magazines. He has produced, written, directed 23 amateur films mostly with friends and relatives. He is also a member of The Lower Crust orchestra a rock/blues band. This is his first collection of poetry.

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      The Song We Left Behind - Rod Drought

      The Song We Left Behind

      The Smashwords Edition

      Copyright © 2015 Rod Drought

      Smashwords License Notes

      All rights reserved. This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment. It may not be resold or given away. If you would like to share this ebook, please purchase an additional copy for each person with whom you want to share it. If you're reading this ebook and did not purchase it, or if it was not purchased for your use only, please return to smashwords and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the author's work.

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      Disclaimer

      This is a work of fiction, a product of the author's imagination. Any resemblance or similarity to any actual events or persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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      Formatting and cover design by Debora Lewis arenapublishing.org

      Author photo courtesy of James Hietter

      Cover photo by Rod Drought

      Dedication

      I would like to thank my small army

      of e-mail poetry readers who supplied me with an audience, kind words and insightful observations over the years. You have kept me writing and I am grateful for that. Your encouragement to finally put together a book has led to this.

      In memory of Bernie Powell whose last e-mail to me was to put a book together. He passed away February 9, 2015, my birthday. He will be remembered for his vitality, wit, enthusiasm all at the age of 88.

      Dedicated to those past and present

      mentioned in these pages.

      To James Hietter, fellow rider on the trail.

      For Molly: my joy, my heart, my purpose.

      Table of Contents

      The Song We Left Behind

      Night Walk

      Ajo

      Puerto Penasco, Mexico

      The Song We Left Behind

      Peppertown, Ms.

      The Fisherman Time Traveler

      Night, Sex, Rain

      Savage

      Intersecting Lines

      Winter in New England

      Rewind

      Reunion

      The Shopping Center

      The Market

      Walk to Beaver Dam

      Beaver Dam

      Lake Waramug

      Long Distance

      Old Friend

      Death Day House

      1701 House, Sandy Hook

      House On Old Pond Road

      Lunch In Ridgefield

      The Ed Sullivan Show

      Katonah at Night

      Packing

      Postcards from Phantom Ranch

      Nightfall on the Rim

      Morning at the Corral

      To Descend is to Ascend

      The Legend of Mattie

      Shadow and Light

      Able’s Rider

      Gray Pine

      Indian Gardens

      Final Descent

      Doug Smoot

      Crossing the Colorado

      Worn Trail to Refuge

      Cabin

      The Cantina

      Postcards from Phantom Ranch

      Pathway to Streaming Light

      Steak Dinner Time Warp at the Cantina

      Looking Up

      Rising

      The Ascent

      Plateau

      Mule Train

      Reaching Level Ground

      Final Dismount

      Familiar Ground

      Roadside Attraction

      Waiting for My Daughter at School

      Searching Earth and Sky

      Dinosaurs at 20,000 Feet

      Connecting Flight Prayer

      Carol for the Waitress at the Airport Bar

      Two Whistles

      Encounter

      Missing the Block Island Ferry

      Bridgeport, 1962

      Roadside Attraction

      About the Author

      The Song We Left Behind

      Night Walk

      At the intersection,

      An abandoned church

      Starving for bibles

      Moonlight streams

      Like forgotten

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