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    The Eleventh Sky
    The Eleventh Sky
    The Eleventh Sky
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    The Eleventh Sky

    By Patrick J. Leach

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    Please enjoy this book of poetry and art from Patrick J. Leach. A sample is presented here:

    Eleventh Sky
    Sunburned
    Skin red and peeling
    A boy just before he turns into a man
    Prayers by the river right before it winds around
    Anticipating the drop over Niagara
    Growing up there were good and bad times
    Layers upon layers mixing with me trying to make sense of my life
    So much was lived under so many different skies
    That night near dusk the skunk sprayed Charlie and me when we laughed at it thinking we were too far away
    My mother sending me to the river with towels, tomato juice and fresh clothes telling me not to come home until I washed the stink away

    Looking up at the stars that seemed to be laughing at us knowing we had once again erred in our ways
    Walking home feeling cold and wet, relieved the smell had mostly gone away
    Wary of that skunk as we passed through the darkness on the way
    Looking back on those days lived under the eleventh sky so close to graduating high school
    Drinking beer and whiskey, smoking cigarettes and seeking out women my age for friendship and sex
    Lying under the red hot sun to get a tan and burning once every spring
    Not knowing time speeds up as age catches a man when his boyhood goes away
    Missing those times standing on the edge of the Horseshoe Falls watching the water pound away
    And swimming in the river a few miles upstream

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPatrick J. Leach
    Release dateApr 24, 2019
    ISBN9780463428825
    The Eleventh Sky
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    Patrick J. Leach

    Patrick J. Leach lives in Portland, Oregon. An artist and a writer, Leach has written professionally for companies and universities. He is co-author with Frances Price Cook of a biography, The life and Art of C.S. Price. In 1995 he abandoned the corporate life, focusing on painting and poetry while earning money caring for neighborhood yards and homes. Leach has published over 16 books of poetry and art, available in print and eBook formats. Watch for more of his books combining his unique blend of poetry and art. Leach studied creative writing (poetry) at Cornell University (B.S. General Studies, 1972), and holds two Masters degrees from Washington State University (Sociology, Education). "I've always considered myself a writer. I've taken many paths, tried a variety of occupations, always returning to writing and art."

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      The Eleventh Sky - Patrick J. Leach

      Sunburned

      Skin red and peeling

      A boy just before he turns into a man

      Prayers by the river right before it winds around

      Anticipating the drop over Niagara

      Growing up there were good and bad times

      Layers upon layers mixing with me trying to make sense of my life

      So much was lived under so many different skies

      That night near dusk the skunk sprayed Charlie and me when we laughed at it thinking we were

      too far away

      My mother sending me to the river with towels, tomato juice and fresh clothes telling me not to

      come home until I washed the stink away

      Looking up at the stars that seemed to be laughing at us knowing we had once again erred in our ways

      Walking home feeling cold and wet, relieved the smell had mostly gone away

      Wary of that skunk as we passed through the darkness on the way

      Looking back on those days lived under the eleventh sky so close to graduating high school

      Drinking beer and whiskey, smoking cigarettes and seeking out women my age for friendship and sex

      Lying under the red hot sun to get a tan and burning once every

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