L.B. Sedlacek
I Am My Neighborhood Watch
Ever find yourself watching everything and everyone where you live?
Step into my neighborhood for a bit with these poems.
Published by Four2Three Press
Twisting
Twisting, a poetry chapbook that features poems of place and imagery.
Excerpts:
From "Liquid Bones"
"Fists slamming into the sky/
turning boundaries into ashes/
liquid bones straight as rails/
ripped apart to make more parking lots/
for dormant vehicles/
driven minutes or hours per day/
to factories..."
From "Mouthfuls of Fog"
"Two metal spoons/
Digging/
Through oatmeal./
Like pools of fog/
Over San Francisco Bay/
At sunrise..."
From "The Headache Room"
"Candy apples split/
by a vote of absenteeism/
and faded smiles. The loafers/
crawl up on one another/
and battle it out for insoles/
or polish. Red fingers/
flush back bitter morsels/
and the eyes glow ..."
Published by Four2Three Press
A Breath of Paint
Featuring travel and adventure poems. Previously published
selections plus new poems too! Poetry chapbook. U.S.
orders include postage.
Excerpt:
"We ride along the bumpy road staring
at the trees /
and farms like we'd never
seen them before, but /
they are as familiar
as a baby doe dodging traffic in /
search of
its mother and it seems that Eddie Money /
is always playing on the radio..."
Published by Four2Three Press
Juliet's Whiskey Rules &
Other Unusual Short Stories
NOW AVAILABLE: Short stories including
the title story and several other unusual tales. Previously published
selections plus new stories too! Fiction.
96 pages. Paperback book
or Ebook version available.
The Red Brick Dust Sky
Want to kick back and settle in with a modern day tale set on The
Mother Road? My fiction novel starts (and ends) in St. Louis and hits many of the hot spots
of Route 66 like Tucumcari, Needles, Oatman, Catoosa, in Missouri,
Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona and California. Join these odd ball characters
as two twin sisters duke it out to learn to live with each other. Fiction.
Contains some mature themes. Paperback, Ebook or Kindle version available.
Tuesday is Wednesday, Vol. 1
From my former poetry blog "Tuesday is Wednesday" comes the first volume in
a compilation of a variety of works including social commentary and
environmental poems plus Route 66 haiku -- here it is!
Red Headed Eskimos
My sixth collection of poetry, "Red Headed Eskimos"
explores a variety of subjects often dark and surreal. A vast array of
poems covering religious themes, science fiction, social commentary to
light adventurous works.
From "Prozac Pizza":
"The deer come right on up to the
/
front door and spit and chew and drop /
their cigarette butts on the ground /
just to the right of the sycamore trees."//
From "Burning Ice":
"The meeting
of velocity and humidity -- /
won't be fodder for erasers or /
chalkboards or
for teachers with /
apples. When the ruler touches /
the skin, it is simmering."//
Works tend to delve beneath the surface, exploring what you know is there but may
not want to admit.
From "The Cement Oasis":
"Out on the patio in the sun's glare /
A procession
of painted bodies /
With skins of different hues /
Sandwiched together. In hot
oils /
And tropical scents they lounge. /
The sunglass stare /
Is practiced
with pride -- /
Near pools without water."
From "Gravity Fueled Gasoline":
"Friday at noon the parking lot, /
fast deserted especially near the back, /
cars
pour out into ant lines of traffic, /
green, yellow, red the colors of freedom."
From "Ice Chips":
"All squirrels should /
have minty fresh /
breathe or at
least take /
a trip down the /
river at Devil's Elbow /
somewhere in the /
middle of Missouri on a /
hot July day...."
28 poems. 53 pages.
Early Nothing
"Early Nothing" is a spoken word CD of several of my early poems. The CD
includes favorites such as "Burying Bicycles," "Blackbeard's Swamp," "Cow on a
Bridge," "In Her Garden," "One Fly's Journey into the Electric Chair," "Like Rainbows
on Tin Cans," "Leaf Dance," and "Monkey Bars." Some poems are from the poetry blog
now in chapbook and ebook form "Tuesday is Wednesday". 32 poems. @45 minutes.
Average Bears
"Average Bears" is a chapbook of poetry published by Assume Nothing Press.
Poetry selections include title poem plus "Liquid Passport," "Porcupine Rain,"
"The Architect of French Fries," "Digging Into the Past," "Paper Thickness,"
"Fisherman's Gift," "The Opposite of You," "The Desperate Seriousness of
Musicians," "Life Down Easy," "Leaf Dance," "Driving Toward Key West,"
and "A Parkway Ballad."
45 poems. 56 pages.
From "The Architect of
French Fries":
"The French Fry is erasing the ketchup. /
It dips back and
forth in the fingers. /
Putting up absolutely no struggle /
As it is sent
to its doom...."
From "Liquid Passport":
"When you shove the needle /
into
your vein, you can't /
pull it out immediately. It's better /
to wait and
think of the //
numbers to count to ten /
or ignore conclusion and his /
persistent cousin who always seems /
to come knocking on Sundays...."
"I enjoyed your image of a french fry erasing ketchup.
That's perfect!"
Jalina Mhyana, Editor -- Rock Salt Plum Review
Hemlock Suicides Planned by Well Dressed Men in Suits
"Hemlock Suicides Planned by Well Dressed Men in Suits" is a chapbook of
poetry published by Assume Nothing Press. Poetry selections include the
title poem plus "Grocery Store Headline," "One Fly's Journey to the Electric
Chair," "12 Flamingoes & 2 Clowns on Horses," "Occupying Space,"
"Gone Missing," "The Law of Dance," and
"The Silent House."
REVIEW of "Hemlock Suicides ..." from "MUSE'S
REVIEW" - Reviewed by Andrew C. Angus -- "This chapbook of LB Sedlacek
contains a 27 poem collection that deals with the harsh realities of city
life such as divorce, crimes, murder, suicide, corporate environment, etc.
Sedlacek is a poet who is not afraid to write poems about the burning
social issues of our time .... a social commentary who writes social
views in the form of poetry."
Alexandra's Wreck
"Alexandra's Wreck" is a chapbook of poetry published by Kitty Litter Press.
Poetry selections include the title poem plus "The Glass Pumpkin," "Ghosts Within,"
"Monkey Bars," "Cages," "Introducing Hope," "The Illusion of Being," and
"College Basketball and the Crater Lions of Ngorogoro."
From "Alexandra's Wreck":
"What are the minnows sewing /
as they swim back and forth between /
the rotting boards? /
These boards have lain on the ocean /
bed for days on end /
welcoming sand and algae /
like long lost friends. /
Their rotting innards hold the key -- /
the secret questioned in a landlubber's court /
when her bones were found under the sea."
From "Monkey Bars":
"A tattered pair of overalls /
-- red with a patch of blue
in the middle /
swinging forward then back /
then high into the air /
as the little hands grip the steel bars /
one hand moving forward, /
and the other quickly following."
From "Ghosts Within":
"We are driving, Big Dipper /
to the right of this
country highway /
lit only by the moon flung high overhead - /
partying with the stars."
Published by Kitty Litter Press.
