Star Chaser

"These humans, who chase after the stars, are called poets."

Mark Scheel's Star Chaser is "a creative burst exploring the relationships among ancient legend, the life cycle, the autobiographical and modern day angst."
Star Chaser is divided into three sections: "Yesterday," "Today" and "Tomorrow." This division signifies the reality all of us must confront living our lives.
Throughout the collection many of the poems are given an added richness and extended implication via the accomplished photography of Joseph Maino.
Such is the scope and beauty of Star Chaser. While Mr. Scheel may still deem himself poetically a "star chaser," it is clear that, like the Northern Lights themselves, he has illuminated our horizon with a book of poetry that transcends the emotionally empty and hollow halls of academe and reaches out, longingly and lovingly, to grasp and finally catch those faraway stars.
—Glen Enloe, author of When Cowboys Rode Away.

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Star Chaser

"These humans, who chase after the stars, are called poets."

Mark Scheel's Star Chaser is "a creative burst exploring the relationships among ancient legend, the life cycle, the autobiographical and modern day angst."
Star Chaser is divided into three sections: "Yesterday," "Today" and "Tomorrow." This division signifies the reality all of us must confront living our lives.
Throughout the collection many of the poems are given an added richness and extended implication via the accomplished photography of Joseph Maino.
Such is the scope and beauty of Star Chaser. While Mr. Scheel may still deem himself poetically a "star chaser," it is clear that, like the Northern Lights themselves, he has illuminated our horizon with a book of poetry that transcends the emotionally empty and hollow halls of academe and reaches out, longingly and lovingly, to grasp and finally catch those faraway stars.
—Glen Enloe, author of When Cowboys Rode Away.

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"These humans, who chase after the stars, are called poets."

Mark Scheel's Star Chaser is "a creative burst exploring the relationships among ancient legend, the life cycle, the autobiographical and modern day angst."
Star Chaser is divided into three sections: "Yesterday," "Today" and "Tomorrow." This division signifies the reality all of us must confront living our lives.
Throughout the collection many of the poems are given an added richness and extended implication via the accomplished photography of Joseph Maino.
Such is the scope and beauty of Star Chaser. While Mr. Scheel may still deem himself poetically a "star chaser," it is clear that, like the Northern Lights themselves, he has illuminated our horizon with a book of poetry that transcends the emotionally empty and hollow halls of academe and reaches out, longingly and lovingly, to grasp and finally catch those faraway stars.
—Glen Enloe, author of When Cowboys Rode Away.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940164954642
Publisher: Anamcara Press LLC
Publication date: 07/28/2020
Sold by: Smashwords
Format: eBook
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Mark Scheel grew up in east-Kansas farm country. Prior to writing full time he served overseas with the American Red Cross, taught at Emporia State University, was an information specialist with the Johnson County Library in Shawnee Mission, Kansas, and a prose editor for Kansas City Voices magazine. He co-authored the Book Of Youth and the River: the Mississippi Adventure of Raymond Kurtz, Sr. and his collection of stories and poems, A Backward View, was awarded the 1998 J. Donald Coffin Memorial Book Award from the Kansas Authors Club. His blog series, The Pebble: Life, Love, Politics and Geezer Wisdom, was published in book form in 2015 and his fiction collection, titled And Eve Said Yes: Seven Stories and a Novella appeared from Waldorf Publishing in 2019.

Joseph Maino is a freelance fine art, portrait and event photographer currently based in Reno, Nevada. He has made images for KansasCity.com and The Independent magazine and currently shoots for The Fernley Reporter newspaper. He displays his art at the Art Indeed Gallery and other venues around Reno. His work may be viewed at www.JosephMainoPhoto.com.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

AUTHOR’S NOTE xiii

FOREWORD xv

THE LEGEND OF THE STAR CHASER xix

YESTERDAY

MERGING 5

CHRISTMAS MORNING 6

AUGUST NIGHT 8

THE COLONY HOTEL THAT AUGUST 10

A SON’S WAKE 11

A DAUGHTER’S GRADUATION 12

THE LITTLE PINK HOUSE BELOW THE TRACKS 14

DANDELION SUTRA 16

THE SEASON OF BELIEVERS 20

CAPITAL GAINS 24

SAMHAIN 26

WITNESS 27

TODAY

PRAIRIE IDYL 31

THIS NEW DAWNING 32

BLOOD ANGER 34

SEASON OF REVISION 35

DARK ICE 37

SOLDIER’S CHRISTMAS 38

P.O.W. 40

COMING HOME FROM IRAQ 42

HOW TO FIGHT A WAR 43

BEAR COUNTRY 45

PRICE CHOPPER AFTER MASS 46

TOMORROW

SUNDAY SONATA 51

THE GARDENER 52

SUMMER WALK 54

ONE MOMENT IN TIME 55

FIRST FREEZE 56

I SLEEP WITH THE DEAD* 57

TETHERED BALLOONS 58

ABOUT THE AUTHOR 61

ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER 63

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