between the lines($11.25Value)

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crackback flashes chipped tooth talking trash Between the lines arrives as a microchap that is both contemporary and esoteric, a work where there is nothing in the market that captures the poetry of American football, much less the very ku of the gridiron. Ron Scully calls these haiku micropoems because he is not true to form, they are sort of haiku-like near beer, neary haiku, yet the compression hits with the force of a goal line stand. From “the hurt locker / stink from the last loss / muddied sock” to “end over end / the football fumbles itself / out of bounds / there’s just no handles / on self doubt,” the language moves with precision and bruise. Written from two different points of view, from the players orientation and from outside the lines, the collection widens into memory, humor, and loss. Ron Scully, a very retired bookseller and authentic Willy Loman only funnier, makes a striking debut with Alien Buddha Press.