This is a terrific overview of Locklin’s poems between 1967-2007. The poems are typically anecdotal in form and cover a wide range of issues over decades: teaching, his kids, divorce, drinking, baseball, girlfriends, death- whatever Locklin turns his considerable skills to. It’s fascinating to witness in one modest sized book how Locklin changes and grows and how he reacts in good humour to events as they unfold around him. In his new poems 2000-2007, it's interesting how Locklin has developed a liking for ekphrastic poems.
Buy the book here in a rerelease by Silver Birch Press (2013): http://www.silverbirchpress.com/gerald_locklin.html
Find inside an Amazon link sample of 11 poems, together with a Forword by Paul Kareem Tayyar and an Introduction by Melanie Villines: https://www.amazon.com.au/Gerald-Locklin-Selected-Poems-1967-2007-ebook/dp/B00C8YTCQY
Resources:
Rusty Truck- The Gerald Locklin Interview (2010): https://rustytruck.wordpress.com/2010/09/12/the-gerald-locklin-interview/
Interview with Michael Limnios (Blues Network): http://blues.gr/m/blogpost?id=1982923%3ABlogPost%3A175916
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