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"Old Songs A collaboration of two poets by Neal M Warren and Adam Lizakowski Neal M Warren is a veteran who saw combat in Viet Nam in 1966 and 1967. From the effects of his experience grew the short story found in his poems within Old Songs. Adam Lizakowski was on vacation when the government stamped out the Solidarity movement in Poland. Letters from his friends advised him not to return. Prisons and jails were filling up with intelligentsia. He took they're advise and managed to seek sanctuary in the United States. In the early 80s, Neal and Adam met at a writers workshop located in the Tenderloin of San Francisco California. They attended regularly, expanding their friendship, and moved on to reciting their work at a local bar that supported open readings. The result is this collection of poetry that was created for only two, the poet and you This being a book stemming from those pasts you'll find a wide range topic within the pages. This is a book that covers years of interaction with the rest of humanity; up-close, distant, physical, depicted with colors or pencil. It includes what we saw, what we're seeing, and imagining. A gift from our invisible muse, the excitement when on the head of a pin, the finished product bursts like seeds from a dandelion in a high wind. An extract of Adam's: I have read about people who when about to finish their breakfast are a few thousand dollars richer than when they started to eat and me at my breakfast I sing joyfully first slice of bread a sip of tea ... Adam Lizakowski was born in Poland but lived in the United States for over three decades. (He recently returned to Poland to continue his writing and teaching.) He is a poet, translator, essayist, and author of dozens of books. In 1990 he was awarded the Marek Hlasko. In 1996 he was awarded the first prize for ""Notice from the San Francisco Bay"" by the International Competition ""Western fates of an immigrant's diary from the years 1939-1989 in Poland. In 2008 he w"

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