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Poems about the Midwest-and a Midwest in the mind, of the mind. Some usual domestic scenes, landscapes: the look of things. And into the look of things, and through. Like a painter's still lifes and interiors, these poems look at the often unnoticed and find realness and meaning in, behind scenes and surfaces.

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To be inside an Allen Strous poem is an experience you may not have any other way-to be a body aware of itself as just another thing among things, acted upon by the subtle forces of nature, the geometry of the earth and its formations both human-made and formed from shafts of sunlight, tugged always by memory, decay, and beauty. Enter these poems carefully, you are about to be changed in the hallway of Strous' poems. -Greg Kosmicki, Founder, The Backwaters Press Like an archeologist of the soul, Allen Strous attends with great care to memories and experiences as well as to every word used to bring them to us. Through searching heart work and meticulous attention, he discovers and shares exterior places and everyday objects-homes, the land, windows, wallpaper-as pathways into deep interior beckonings. These are not poems to skip through...but to linger within and, in doing so, to discover the topography of our own souls. -Jennifer Wallace, author of Raising the Sparks

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Allen Strous is the author of Tired (The Backwaters Press). His poetry chapbook Of This Ground is part of the four-author collection The Fifth Voice (Toadlily Press). His poems have appeared in various journals, including The Ohio Review, The Cortland Review, and Blue Unicorn.

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