After the 8-Ball

by Colleen Alles

Overview

Reply hazy, try again. All the poems in After the 8-Ball want answers, and so have thrown themselves at the mercy of a black plastic 8-Ball filled with dark blue alcohol and a tiny twenty-sided die. Love, loss, and Lake Michigan feature prominently in this debut collection from Colleen Alles who examines everyday life in the Midwest with precision and depth. From the hound asleep in the sun to the pebbles lined up in the sill of a window facing west, these poems stand ready to accept whatever the 8-ball has in store, hoping, always, for, As I see it, yes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781737739036
Publisher:	Cornerstone Press
Publication date:	03/18/2022
Pages:	118
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.28(d)

About the Author

Colleen Alles is a native Michigander andwriter living in West Michigan. Her fictionand poetry have appeared in The MichiganPoet, Red Cedar Review, Peninsula Poets,The Write Michigan 2016 Anthology, andelsewhere. Her chapbooks include SoWhat to Say to a Bird, Porch Light to theLongshoreman, and Three Stars. Her firstnovel, Skinny Vanilla Crisis, was publishedin 2020.