Josh Slotnick

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Farming this book in patches, Josh pours himself into the earth at all hours, doing the tough work of transforming a jangly mess of words into a field plumb, straight and level.</div> <bR> <div> <I>HomeFarm</I> is a documentary, a daily almanac of a real-world place that reflects the truth of where poetry comes from.</div> <bR> <div> <I>We hunger for the real, rare as it is now,</I></div> <div> <I>But we've forgotten</I></div> <div> <I>some of it isn't pretty</I></div> <div> <I>…</I></div> <div> <I>I hear my voice</I></div> <div> <I>accelerate</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Craig Czury, Editor, Montana Poets Series 2, </div> <div> Reading, PA</div> <div> 6/25/13</div> <bR> <div> <B>From the book:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Gone</B></div> <bR> <div> You're 4, maybe 5, time zones away</div> <div> So I don't say</div> <div> Man </div> <div> Would you move the water </div> <div> from the corn to the new seed beds</div> <div> could you tractor mow outside the fence</div> <div> unload those wax boxes from the blue truck</div> <div> Will you…</div> <div> No, I can't</div> <div> And you don't </div> <div> pass laughter at dinner, bounce your sisters on the trampoline</div> <div> stay up late with me </div> <div> bantering </div> <div> while the rest of our house sleeps</div> <bR> <div> Yesterday, Sunday night, almost 9:00, everyone gone</div> <div> I didn't stop for the day, so much as I </div> <div> gave up</div> <div> Dragging my ass from the barn back to the house </div> <div> I saw one of our workers on the rope swing </div> <div> talking on the phone</div> <div> swaying </div> <div> gentle pendulum arcs in the dusk</div> <div> When he turned from the sun's last light</div> <div> shadow stretched his stout frame long in silhouette</div> <div> Your neck, your hands</div> <div> your legs kicking off the ground</div> <div> your name </div> <div> came from my mouth</div> <bR> <div> He arced back into the light and </div> <div> became, recognizably, himself again</div> <bR> <div> All this </div> <div> work and weeds and mosquitos and mud </div> <div> Lolo peak shining like platinum</div> <div> fills the world</div> <div> but is thin as paper</div> <div> You are </div> <div> right under the surface</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Josh Slotnick has been fortunate for many years. He lives and farms with his family in Missoula, Montana. He also works on the University of Montana's Environmental Studies program's/Garden City Harvest PEAS farm. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2df74170.jpg" border=0 width="372" height="279" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I>Montana Poets Series 2 #4</I></div> <div> HomeFarm <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Garamond" >is a 108 page hand-stitched paper book with spine.   $16.00</FONT></div> <bR> <div> TO ORDER  ON-LINE                               </div> <div>       </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="HomeFarm"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="13-11"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="16.00"> <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="HomeFarm"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="13-11"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="16.00"> <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="Touch Each Other"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="HomeFarm"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="13-11"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="16.00"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>       </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id11.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ordering By Mail"><U>To order through mail click here.</U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>