Under Old Stars
Author:
Chris Pannell
"Here is a writer who openly
offers his wit and intelligence in a fresh and striking poetic
style. Pannell leads us to the edge of written language and leaves
us thirsting for more glimpses of the flashing world. These truly
remarkable poems leap from the page and grow wings before our
very eyes."
~ Jim Slominski, Author of The wind is a
Tall Man Striding
"Chris Pannell's poems are acoustic
live wires strung across the demolition sites and smoky be-bop
alleys of a "goddamn breathless" world. Pannell is a wired-for-sound
poet in the very best sense. The poems are pure energy waiting
to pounce, like Alex Colville's hound. Reading them, we see how
nature sees us: overgrown, slightly crazy, at the mercy of whales
and mosquitoes, following the path of sad, lost feathers fluttering
over a highway, en route to the slaughterhouse. With his unwavering
gaze and razor intellect, Pannell's poems are the real deal."
~ Jeanette Lynes, Author of A Woman Alone
on the Atikokan Highway
Pannell is everypoet. He records with
thought, sensitivity, and irony his daily commute "in the middle
of our life's journey." His wry wit and precise observations turn
the regular route into a perceptive and engaging trip that that
drives right over the median.
~ Gary Barwin, Author of Outside the Hat
and Raising Eyebrows
