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The poems in Jim Pearce’s new book, October’s Gallery, “ring the changes” from joy to sorrow to irony, but beneath such variety the world of nature remains a saving grace. There is a generous spirit creating the music in this most harmonious of books. Pit Pinegar has this to say about these terse, spirited poems: “Jim Pearce packs more into fewer lines than any but the Japanese and Chinese masters and the dedicated followers of their forms. Since the publication of his first book, Slant Light, Jim has moved back to his native Ohio and in this collection takes us back to that starting place. With wry wit and close, pithy—sometimes ironic—observation, Pearce writes of time, faith, sorrow, social (dis)order, and an environment threatened. Pearce is unabashedly a family man and a man vested in his communities. These poems are testament.”
Born in Toledo, Ohio, Jim Pearce has resided with his wife, Janet, in Cleveland since 2010, having moved from New London, Connecticut, where they resided for nineteen years. Both he and Janet were professionals in the United Way field for thirty years in various cities around the country. Subsequently, he served as the Quality Improvement officer in a child welfare agency in New London, retiring in 2004. During his retirement, he has continued to be active, serving on the New London Board of Education from 2005 through 2009 and taking part in other New London civic activities. In Cleveland, he has continued being active in education, this time at the individual and school level. He has tutored 1st and 2nd grade boys in a low-income neighborhood school and has worked for educational improvement through a city-wide coalition of churches. Even with a change in location and activities, Jim continues to observe life and comment on it in poems, some of which his new book presents for your pleasure. Click here to read samples from the book. Click here to view upcoming events. Click here for additional material relevant to the book. |
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BOOK STATISTICS ISBN 978-1-936482-55-9 |
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