$19.99
“A touching chronicle of things loved and things lost. These are poems filled with sharply observed detail, and suffused with humane wisdom and quiet melancholy.”
–Charles Coe – author of All Sins Forgiven: Poems for My Parents.
Scratching Lottery Tickets on a Street Corner shows what can happen when a former journalist like Jon Bishop takes up the poet’s pen. Bishop’s first book of poems highlights the excitement possible when the skill of precise observation combines with a remarkable command of language. Time after time Bishop captures and preserves the otherwise fleeting moment—the changing light of day, the angst of solitude-becoming-loneliness—all rendered in tableaux that are as affecting as they are memorable.
–Rod Kessler, author of Off in Zimbabwe and professor emeritus at Salem State University.
This is down-to-earth poetry, written with keen observation of life and its complexities, wry humor, and honest self-awareness. A good read.
–Ann Taylor, author of The River Within.
Scratching Lottery Tickets on a Street Corner
by Jon Bishop
$19.99, Full-length, paper
978-1-63534-701-2
2018
Jon Bishop’s writing has appeared in a variety of publications, including the Sentinel & Enterprise, the Arts Fuse, and Boston Literary Magazine. He holds a Master’s degree in English literature and lives in Massachusetts. This is his first book.
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