W. Jed Berry

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Jed Berry</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Awake Before </B></div> <div> <B>Dawn</B></div> <div> <B>W. Jed Berry</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="19d2cdc0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="476" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> From the book:</div> <bR> <div> <B>February afternoon</B></div> <bR> <div> shadows stretch thin</div> <div> cross bleached brittle</div> <div> snow covered grass</div> <div> beneath frozen white-blue </div> <div> sky</div> <div> Montana's finest month</div> <div> sky</div> <div> so cold it cracks by 4:30</div> <div> beyond the lawn</div> <div> half frozen Swan River</div> <div> a mallard</div> <div> swims beneath ice</div> <div> searching for minnows</div> <bR> <div> my afternoon coffee</div> <div> begins to percolate</div> <div> silence </div> <div> takes over</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Jed Berry spends as much time as he can fishing and wandering around the woods, deserts, and mountains of the Western U.S.  While he understands the need to work, he does so under protest and considers education the only worthwhile occupation.  He spends as much time teaching as he does attending school and, it seems, he will be both an educator and a student for the rest of his life.  He lives in Southwest Montana with his remarkably patient wife, two dogs and whoever else stops by.   </div> <bR> <div> Jed has published poetry and prose in various places.  This is his first book of poems.  If you'd like to drop a note he can be reached at: <A HREF="mailto:swordfish47@hotmail.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:swordfish47@hotmail.com"><U>swordfish47@hotmail.com</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="19f9fef0.jpg" border=0 width="159" height="239" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>Awake Before Dawn</B></div> <div> <B>is a 52 page hand-sewn paperbook with spine - $15.00. </B></div> <bR> <div> TO ORDER:</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id11.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ordering By Mail"><U>To order through mail click here.</U></A>     </div> <bR> <div> ON-LINE          <A HREF="id11.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ordering By Mail"><U> </U></A>                              </div> <bR> <div> From the US      <B> <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="Awake Before Dawn"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="12-9"> <input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="15.00"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>  </B></div> <bR> <div> From Canada      <B> <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="Awake Before Dawn"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="12-9"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="15.00"> <input type="hidden" name="shipping" value="2.75"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>  </B></div> <bR> <div> From Other Countries           <B> <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="Awake Before Dawn"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="12-9"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="15.00"> <input type="hidden" name="shipping" value="5.00"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>  </B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>