Memories In Clay, Dreams of Wolves
"Memories in Clay, Dreams of Wolves" gathers semi-autobiographical poetry about a boyhood and adult life lived in conversation with nature. In this volume, Sam describes a life shaped by his youth in Pennsylvania and Michigan and his journey by thumb through the Pacific Northwest. The imprint of these experiences molds his ecological holism and sense of the holiness of the commonplace and of all life.

What other poets are saying about "Memories in Clay, Dreams of Wolves":

"David Sam is a poet of deep identity with the natural world. In these intimate narratives of discovery and awe, the poems speak often with an almost breathless urgency, reminding us of the inexhaustible life within life, testaments to a unique sensitivity, in a boy and then a man. In journeys both actual and metaphorical, the self is not different than rivers or sunrise. 'I am made of water and wild air,' one poem says. The lucky reader breathes deeply."

- Allan Peterson, author of Fragile Acts and All the Lavish in Common

"David Anthony Sam's poems are literally rooted in the earth, seeded in the rich, dark soil. Whether he's writing about childhood or the rivers of Pennsylvania, these poems are filled with fields, mountains, lakes, snow and stars; they remind us that human life is found in the morning air, in the golden rays of the rising sun, in a bird's call as dusk arrives. Memories in Clay, Dreams of Wolves is an impressive book that will transport you into the natural world where, as Sam writes, you will become 'forgetful and human again.'"

- David James, author of She Dances Like Mussolini, winner of the 2010 Next Generation Indie book award in poetry
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Memories In Clay, Dreams of Wolves
"Memories in Clay, Dreams of Wolves" gathers semi-autobiographical poetry about a boyhood and adult life lived in conversation with nature. In this volume, Sam describes a life shaped by his youth in Pennsylvania and Michigan and his journey by thumb through the Pacific Northwest. The imprint of these experiences molds his ecological holism and sense of the holiness of the commonplace and of all life.

What other poets are saying about "Memories in Clay, Dreams of Wolves":

"David Sam is a poet of deep identity with the natural world. In these intimate narratives of discovery and awe, the poems speak often with an almost breathless urgency, reminding us of the inexhaustible life within life, testaments to a unique sensitivity, in a boy and then a man. In journeys both actual and metaphorical, the self is not different than rivers or sunrise. 'I am made of water and wild air,' one poem says. The lucky reader breathes deeply."

- Allan Peterson, author of Fragile Acts and All the Lavish in Common

"David Anthony Sam's poems are literally rooted in the earth, seeded in the rich, dark soil. Whether he's writing about childhood or the rivers of Pennsylvania, these poems are filled with fields, mountains, lakes, snow and stars; they remind us that human life is found in the morning air, in the golden rays of the rising sun, in a bird's call as dusk arrives. Memories in Clay, Dreams of Wolves is an impressive book that will transport you into the natural world where, as Sam writes, you will become 'forgetful and human again.'"

- David James, author of She Dances Like Mussolini, winner of the 2010 Next Generation Indie book award in poetry
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Memories In Clay, Dreams of Wolves

Memories In Clay, Dreams of Wolves

by David Sam
Memories In Clay, Dreams of Wolves

Memories In Clay, Dreams of Wolves

by David Sam

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"Memories in Clay, Dreams of Wolves" gathers semi-autobiographical poetry about a boyhood and adult life lived in conversation with nature. In this volume, Sam describes a life shaped by his youth in Pennsylvania and Michigan and his journey by thumb through the Pacific Northwest. The imprint of these experiences molds his ecological holism and sense of the holiness of the commonplace and of all life.

What other poets are saying about "Memories in Clay, Dreams of Wolves":

"David Sam is a poet of deep identity with the natural world. In these intimate narratives of discovery and awe, the poems speak often with an almost breathless urgency, reminding us of the inexhaustible life within life, testaments to a unique sensitivity, in a boy and then a man. In journeys both actual and metaphorical, the self is not different than rivers or sunrise. 'I am made of water and wild air,' one poem says. The lucky reader breathes deeply."

- Allan Peterson, author of Fragile Acts and All the Lavish in Common

"David Anthony Sam's poems are literally rooted in the earth, seeded in the rich, dark soil. Whether he's writing about childhood or the rivers of Pennsylvania, these poems are filled with fields, mountains, lakes, snow and stars; they remind us that human life is found in the morning air, in the golden rays of the rising sun, in a bird's call as dusk arrives. Memories in Clay, Dreams of Wolves is an impressive book that will transport you into the natural world where, as Sam writes, you will become 'forgetful and human again.'"

- David James, author of She Dances Like Mussolini, winner of the 2010 Next Generation Indie book award in poetry

Product Details

BN ID: 2940158683237
Publisher: Dark Land Publishing
Publication date: 10/29/2017
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 67 KB

About the Author

Born in Pennsylvania, David Anthony Sam has written poetry for over 40 years. He has degrees from Eastern Michigan University (BA, MA) and Michigan State University (PhD). He spent most of his life in the suburbs of Detroit and now lives in Virginia with his wife and life partner, Linda, and in 2017 retired as president of Germanna Community College. Sam has four collections and was the featured poet in The Hurricane Review (2016) and Light: A Journal of Photography and Poetry (2017). His poetry has appeared in over 70 journals and publications. Sam’s chapbook, Finite to Fail: Poems after Dickinson, was the 2016 Grand Prize winner of GFT Press Chapbook Contest and his collection All Night over Bones received an Honorable Mention for the 2016 Homebound Poetry Prize. In 2017, he began serving as Poetry Editor for GFT Press.
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