The poems contained in The Grammar for Snow are about everyday people in small towns, cities and farms in those fly-over-states and off-the-map places who work and love and quietly live out their lives. It is about place—mostly in the U.S. Midwest–both real and imagined. Many of the poems contain elements of humor that help people deal with the sometimes-hard issues of day-to-day life.
The poems contain vivid imagery and concreteness designed to help the reader believe that these places and people really exist. More than that, the poems are designed to make the reader care about these folks and their lives, to pull for them and hope against hope that things work out.
Richard’s poetry in Evening Street Review
Read poem: The Palm Reader is Packing It In Evening Street Review # 3 p. 19
Read poem: How to Write a Poem from Evening Street Review # 18 p. 47
Read poem: How Autumn Prevails from Evening Street Review # 20 p. 126
