Trash Truck 7

<p>Only a poet of <strong>Ed McManis'</strong>s sly ken would have the wicked good humor to favor us with a book of love poems titled T<em>rash Truck 7:38 AM. </em>Tender wry potently infused with signs and signifiers that bespeak his Catholic youth and marriage McManis's slim round-up d'amour journeying cross the range and ways of love travels far and tellingly into our varied hearts. Saturated in his struggle with sanctity and the comfort his wife finds in angels this collection of poems aching in their honesty offers not Nerudan professions of romantic love but the truth of love amidst fear and foible faith and struggle rectitude and transgression. The Trash Truck poems gracefully crafted sound a music of love that carries wordless between couples and within family through the strain of daily life-ineffable magnificent human.</p><p><strong>-Marc Zegans</strong> author of <em>Lyon Street The Snow Dead</em> and <em>Swizzle Felt's First Folio from the Typewriter Underground</em></p><p></p><p>In his collection<em> Trash Truck 7:38 A.M. (And Other Love Poems)</em> McManis navigates the intricate challenges of everyday life. His tender portrayal of marriage captures the profound complexity of connection depicting a 40-year journey of spiritual and emotional growth. The poems resonate with self-reflection and the rhythm of daily living showcasing the transformative power of love. McManis's vivid imagery highlights the beauty and depth of his relationship offering a heartfelt guide to the specialness that can be found in a shared life.</p><p><strong>-Gloria Mindock</strong> editor of Červená Barva Press award-winning author of<em> Grief Touched the Sky at Night</em></p><p></p><p>This tight-knit heartfelt rigorously honest collection of poems about a long marriage dwells in the sweet spot between intimacy and the distance it sometimes requires. Forbearance irony humor and deep knowing affection partially bridge the gap. The poems with their playful lacerating romps in both the animal kingdom and the Old and New Testament deepen with each reading.</p><p><strong>-Linda Lancione</strong> author of <em>The Taste of Blood</em></p><p></p><p></p>