Stephen Roger Powers

Salmon Poetry www.salmonpoetry.com
Published February 26, 2024.
Softcover. 82 pages.
ISBN 978-1-915022-49-3
Cover photo: “The Watcher,” by Michael Sergi, MD.
Book design by Siobhán Hutson Jeanotte.

Description

Hail My Attention Kindly, the fourth collection of lyric and narrative poetry by Stephen Roger Powers, is a sweeping and bewitching tour through India, Ireland, Jekyll Island, New York City, London, Berlin, Hawaii, the Northwoods of Wisconsin, and, of course, the musical and sparkly world of Dolly Parton. Powers’ voice is both droll and pensive as it explores wanderlust and the majesty and power of the natural world. In their twists and turns of language and imagery, these poems also delve into disability, loss, and resistance to nationalism and dogma. Like one of Dollywood’s award-winning roller coasters, the poetry in Hail My Attention Kindly leaves the reader jolted, breathless, windswept, and wanting to go around again.