Sliver

In this collection of free verse poetry and prose Seth Pesek shows us that a good poet is made from a creative memory a keen sense of history and a passion to research the ordinary.</p>In <i>Sliver</i> Seth Pesek paints a vivid picture for the reader on such slivers of life as love war America seasonal changes Virginia Tech and many more.</p>In his poem First Dream he shows us how quickly tears can be erased when a young child is awestruck by the vision of a picturesque display:</p>Drying those</br>baby tears</br>with the fascination</br>of summer lightning</br>bugs; dancing diving</br>then disappearing</br>into the night sky</br>and trees beyond</br>like fallen stars</br>that slipped</br>from Little Dipper's</br>casting net.