Still Chuckin'

Still Chuckin': Poems 1999-2002 The Fourth Five-Book Collection Of Poetry To Be Released By Thomas Porky Mcdonald Sees The Poet Delve Deeper Into Life-Themed Verses While Also Continuing A Steady Stream Of Baseball-Related Material. Written During The Most Serene Four-Year Period That The Poet Had Known Up Until That Time Still Chuckin' Does Indeed Show That Mcdonald'S Fastball So To Speak Is Still Humming. From To Thrill Again Former Injustices (Rubin'S Smile The Walls Of Trenton State) Personal Philosophies (Who Is The Star? Through A Cease Or A Fold Just A Balladeer) And The Love Of His Life (Memo To Rona) All Take A Stand While The Old Yard Is Most Noticeably Poignant In The Boy From Down The Hall The Crowd Of Sweet Remembers The One True Heaven I'Ve Known And The Title Piece. The Shadow Of Rona Makes A More Definitive Appearance In Underground Auroras/6702 (Till All Your Tears Are Ones Of Joy Sweet Sincere Notes Fairly Endlessly A Dream Of You) Even As The World Passes Through (Take A Message Back To Sundown Lately I Find Early The High Wire And The Net). The Passion For The Game Of His Youth Remains Evident As Ever In Upon Ruth'S Lot In The Mezz Wearing Weathered Mesh Farewell To A Season And Until We Tell Stories Again. The Corner Of Catharsis And Epiphany Illustrates Mcdonald'S Diverse Leanings From A Piece In The Night Photographs In The Mind What The Con Said And When We Were All Poets To Ballpark Odes For The Holy Ghost The Fences Were Green And Pink Lincolns. The Final Two Books In Chuckin' Vignettathon And Hobo Freight Dreams Written In The Advent And Aftermath Of 9/11 Each Show The Poet At His Most Focused. From Vignettathon The Air That September To Pray Once Always And A Vow As One Speak Of That Unprecedented Time While The Lady On The Boulevard Tortured And A Dream Not Done Each Reveal Another Layer Of His Soul. Hobo Freight Dreams Closes Out This C