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selected works</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#twenty_days_on_route_20_1" TITLE="Czarnecki"><U><I><B>Twenty Days on Route 20</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#sea_smoke_and_sand_dollars" TITLE="Czarnecki"><U><I><B>Sea Smoke and Sand Dollars </B></I></U></A><I><B> </B></I></div> <div> <A HREF="#simple_life_simple_poems_" TITLE="Czarnecki"><U><I><B>Simple Life, Simple Poems</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#crisscross_" TITLE="Czarnecki"><U><I><B>Crisscross</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <A NAME="never_stop_asking_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Never Stop Asking </div> <div> For Poems</div> <div> Selected Works</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1942cd80.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="472" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="http://foothillspublishing.com/LSPR" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://foothillspublishing.com/LSPR"><U><B>Click here to listen to Michael read</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://foothillspublishing.com/LSPR" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://foothillspublishing.com/LSPR"><U><B>"Liberty Street Poetry Reading, Bath, NY"</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Introduction</div> <bR> <div> Sometime in 2007, at one of my readings, I mentioned that it has been forty years since writing my first poem. Dan Waber asked me if it was time to consider a “Selected Poems” book. I gave his question short shrift and didn't think much more about it.</div> <bR> <div> Earlier this year, 2008, his question resurfaced in my mind. Maybe a case could be made for such a collection. A number of my chapbooks were out of print and some of the more popular poems I shared at my readings were never published in a book. Maybe those poems could form the core of a selected works collection, with a few others from throughout those decades added in to round it out a bit. </div> <bR> <div> Thus, <I>Never Stop Asking for Poems</I>. The title is taken from a poem of mine that has never been published in a book but has been read often at readings throughout the country: “Liberty Street Poetry Reading, Bath, NY.” Chapbooks represented are the complete “Elegy for the Road, Kerouac's Ghost,” and selections from  “Making Space for Others” and “Drinking Wine, Chanting Poems.” Also included is the first poem I read in public, in 1985 for the Bath Peace Group, “For the Natural Course of Events.” I've also selected a few poems from each decade that have never been seen in print form.</div> <bR> <div> This book is only a small portion of the works I have written. It is a selected compilation. A collected works would be way beyond the possibilities of a book form. Included in<I> Never Stop Asking for Poems</I> are representative poems from throughout these many decades of writing. </div> <bR> <div> I thank Mr. Kerr, my junior year high school English teacher, who was responsible for the first poem I ever wrote. I am, and will be, eternally grateful for the encouragement he gave me to continue writing poems. And I thank Dan Waber for first suggesting the idea of a selected works collection of my poetry. Dan, you were right, it's time.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> * * * * * *</div> <bR> <div> 104 page paperback, hand-sewn, with flat spine.</div> <div> $12.00</div> <bR> <div> TO ORDER Never Stop Asking for Poems<B> </B>ON-LINE</div> <bR> <div> From the US         <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Never Stop Asking for Poems"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="08-16"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="12.00"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>  </div> <bR> <div> From Canada    <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Never Stop Asking for Poems"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="08-16"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="12.00"> <input type="hidden" name="shipping" value="2.75"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>  </div> <bR> <div> From Other Countries            <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Never Stop Asking for Poems"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="08-16"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="12.00"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> <input type="hidden" name="shipping" value="5.00"> </form>  </div> <div> <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ordering By Mail"><U>To order through mail click here</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> ***************************************************************************</div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="twenty_days_on_route_20_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><B>Twenty Days On Route 20   </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><B>2nd Printing Now Available! </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.usroute20.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.usroute20.com/"><U> (Click here to go to a site devoted to US ROUTE 20)</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="181048a0.jpg" border=0 width="260" height="394" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.myspace.com/Mortalcombine" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.myspace.com/Mortalcombine"><U>Listen to "Route 20" - a song inspired by Michael's journey written by </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.myspace.com/Mortalcombine" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.myspace.com/Mortalcombine"><U>Mike Callahan and performed by his group, Mortal Combine.</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Galant" ><I>  </I></FONT><I>  </I>In 1971, Michael Czarnecki bought a backpack, tent and sleeping bag, put out his thumb and over the next five years hitchhiked 30,000 miles through the northeastern United States and Canada. 25 years later, he again took off on the road, this time on a twenty day solo journey across America in an old, beat 1983 Honda Civic Wagon. Leaving family and friends behind, Michael set off to cross the country for the very first time.</div> <bR> <div>      <I>Twenty Days on Route 20</I> chronicles that first time crossing of America. The account is written in haibun, a Japanese literary form combining condensed prose and haiku. Matsuo Basho, Japan's great 17th century haiku master, wrote his classic travel  sagas in haibun. Now, more than 300 years later, Michael uses that same form to chronicle his pilgrimage across this vast continent.</div> <bR> <div>      Starting from Boston, Route 20 traverses the northern third of the country, through a varied American landscape: rolling hills of New York State; mid-America farmland and villages; sprawling, bustling Chicago;  Mississippi and Missouri rivers; Nebraska sandhills; Wyoming plateau country; Yellowstone National Park; lava fields; high desert; Cascade Mountains and finally, the Pacific. </div> <bR> <div>      Michael barters for motel rooms, explores small towns, cities and countryside, gives poetry readings, encounters raven and coyote and observes the country slowly unfolding as the road leads forever west.</div> <bR> <div>      This second printing 10 years after the journey, contains some slight revisions of the original text and brings back into print a fascinating journey across America on the longest US Route in the country.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> From the book:</div> <bR> <div> As I sat eating my meal I began considering where I would sleep for the night. KC's Corner Restaurant & Motel - hmmm! This was a low budget journey and I couldn't be spending much money on places to sleep. The second night out was too early to succumb to the temptation of a soft, comfortable bed in a motel. Then one of those sudden inspirations came to me - why not barter for a room!</div> <bR> <div> I hesitatingly walked up to the owner of KC's and explained my journey to him. I mentioned that I would be writing a book and that if he let me use a room for the night I would acknowledge KC's on the acknowledgement page and then give him enough books to cover the cost of the room. To my surprise he immediately accepted the offer! This spontaneous idea changed the whole character of the rest of the trip.</div> <bR> <div> I had never done this before, barter writings for lodgings. Felt a little bit like Vachel Lindsay, the early 20th Century poet from Springfield, Illinois. I remember reading his work as a junior in high school and being excited to learn that he went on walking trips, exchanging rhymes for room and board. Poetry had real world value! So now, 30 years later, here I was in a comfortable room because of someone's willingness to accept written words for payment. Mr. Kerr, if only you could know how as a teacher you changed my life!</div> <bR> <div> *************************</div> <bR> <div> Stopped at Hot Springs State Park in Thermopolis to soak in the Bath House. A 19th century treaty between the federal government and the Arapaho and Shoshone stipulated that the waters from this mineral spring be made available to the public for free. The 104 degree water in the Bath House can be enjoyed for 20 minutes without charge, so I rented a swimsuit, 75¢, and had a great soak for the allotted time.</div> <bR> <div> mineral hot springs</div> <div> Arapaho, Shoshone</div> <div> my body thanks you</div> <bR> <div> An employee at the Bath House told me they may start charging for use of the facilities. When I mentioned the treaty she said that the treaty was between the federal government and the natives. It's a state park now and they aren't bound by the treaty. It goes on and on and on.</div> <bR> <div>             *********************</div> <bR> <div> ISBN 0-941053-01-6</div> <bR> <div> 76 page paperback, hand-sewn, with flat spine.</div> <div> $10.00</div> <bR> <div> TO ORDERTwenty Days on Route 20<B> </B>ON-LINE</div> <bR> <div> From the US         <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Twenty Days on Route 20"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="06-RR"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="10.00"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>  </div> <bR> <div> From Canada    <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Twenty Days on Route 20"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="06-RR"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="10.00"> <input type="hidden" name="shipping" value="2.75"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>  </div> <bR> <div> From Other Countries            <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Twenty Days on Route 20"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="06-RR"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="10.00"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> <input type="hidden" name="shipping" value="5.00"> </form>  </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ordering By Mail"><U>To order through mail click here</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> ***************************************************************************</div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="sea_smoke_and_sand_dollars"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Sea Smoke and Sand Dollars</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="184ff8c0.jpg" border=0 width="255" height="396" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>From the Introduction:</B></div> <bR> <div> This book contains various writings of mine - poetry, prose poems, haibun, haiku - that are about Acadia or were written while living here. Some pieces are quite old, a few quite new. If fortunate, I suspect there will be many more pieces I'll write about this magical place - I hope to return many more times in the years to come, it's only been 33 and a half years since that first visit! Like I warn everyone who is thinking of coming here for the first time - nobody ever goes to Acadia just once! </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> November 20, 2004</div> <div> Seal Harbor, Maine</div> <bR> <div> From the book:</div> <bR> <div> <B>Written First Evening Upon Returning</B></div> <div> <B>To Mount Desert Island To Live</B></div> <bR> <div> Full moon hangs over Champlain.</div> <div> Across the way, snow covered</div> <div> Cadillac, Dorr loom immense</div> <div> above the frozen Tarn.</div> <bR> <div> So many years away</div> <div> and this first night back</div> <div> feels so much like</div> <div> coming home to stay.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>Heading Back Home After Morning Walk To Post Office</B></I></div> <bR> <div> Mid-morn, bright sun, lingering moon</div> <div> crusty snow in thick-shaded woods.</div> <bR> <div> Underneath spruce, fir, cedar trees</div> <div> Stanley Brook sings over cold stones.</div> <bR> <div> Red squirrel chatters from nearby rock</div> <div> raven calls from above but can't be seen.</div> <bR> <div> Contentment found in simple things</div> <div> lone winter hike, not a soul in sight.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>Morning Walk on Closed Park Road</B></I></div> <bR> <div> Late year sun angles low over tall trees.</div> <div> Road winds from shadows to sunlight to shadows.</div> <bR> <div> Sudden gust shakes snow from high branch -</div> <div> a million bright sparkles drift down, disappear.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> 68 page paperback, hand-sewn, with flat spine.</div> <div> $10.00</div> <bR> <div> TO ORDER <B>Sea Smoke and Sand Dollars </B>ON-LINE</div> <bR> <div> From the US         <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - 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