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Product Description Because I believe in the flash of inspiration that can bring forth a poem in an instant, many of my best poems have been left unwritten. I suspect this is true for other poets as well. The moment of inspiration often comes at inconvenient times, when one is waiting in line at the supermarket, or driving at high speed on the expressway, or talking to a friend on the telephone. Sometimes, the insight is so powerful and overwhelming that it is nearly impossible to capture on paper. The mere act of writing dissipates or weakens it. Most of the poems presented here started in such moments of insight and flowed forth easily, spilling onto the page as if under their own power. A few are pristine creations, printed here just as they came to me. Many have been reworked in the light of reason. Only a few have had a long incubation, lurking about and growing slowly in my mind, sometimes for decades, before I found just the right moment and means to bring them to the page. The poems in this volume are written in a language I believe is accessible to everyone. Some readers may find echoes of other poets here. Joe Larkin Review "Outside The Frame" is indeed an excellent collection of poems…, terrible and powerful and vivid. There is a tenseness and toughness here that adds so much to the compassion of understanding that (his) work has always been enriched by. --Jared Smith, poet, author of "The Graves Grow Bigger Between Generations" and several other books of poetry What an absolutely lovely book of poetry! You have a marvelous precision and depth to your use of language. --Mary Wagner, author of "Running with Stilettos" About the Author Joe Larkin, upon earning his Master s in English/Education from the University of Illinois, taught high school English and served his Alma Mater as a writer/editor in the Chancellor s Office. He later served an internship in museum administration, marketing and public