Bartalk Memoir in Poetry Based on Some Real and Some Not So Real Situations

BAR TALK, memoir in poetry base on some real and some not so real situations. Roger has gifted us with this lush book of poetry, exposing a slice of Americana that resonates in all of us, though the paradigm shifts to a completely different way of seeing what we call home. Here, the limitations of an "ordinary" environment are enriched by the "extraordinary" that inhabited his days. When Roger first revealed his background of growing up as a country boy in a country bar to my poetry workshop, we all excitedly agreed it would make a fascinating book. Thus, BAR TALK found its beginning at the California desert library in Rancho Mirage. With this volume, Roger has made us all proud. Treasures lie here, in the whiskey scented days and cigar scented nights. The elasticity of lifestyle includes school, sports, friendships and fishing, all a normalcy he maintained. While newly married couples bar-hopped on their wedding day, Grandma Emma read bedtime stories in the family's attached home. While in the front, the bar served up shots in a smoke filled room, simultaneously happy life continued in the backroom living quarters. These poems will take you there, with Roger, to share his unique upbringing, skillfully set in poetry. Enjoy!