{"id":6048,"date":"2017-08-21T18:52:48","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T18:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/?p=6048"},"modified":"2019-02-11T07:57:52","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T07:57:52","slug":"the-truth-about-snails-collected-poems-by-jd-dehart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/the-truth-about-snails-collected-poems-by-jd-dehart\/","title":{"rendered":"The Truth about Snails. Collected Poems by JD DeHart."},"content":{"rendered":"

Editors Note:<\/strong> About the Author<\/em><\/strong>
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\nIn 2014, over the course of some snow days, I put together a collection that would become The Truth About Snails. At the time, most of the writing I was getting to was speculative and science fictional (I guess that\u2019s a word) in nature. So the first collection of poetry I put together reflected this.
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\nPoems were inspired by years as a comic book reader and sci-fi fan. They were not fan fiction, really, but reflected larger themes of science fiction and fantasy that I enjoyed.
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\nThis is the text that appears on the back of the book:
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\n\u201cOrdinary objects take on a new form, and myths become real and move next door in the verses contained in this collection. Whether it is a recasting of the myth of Sisyphus, or the titular truth about the origin of our shell-bearing planet dwellers, each poem offers a new view of an old friend. Much of the writing was inspired by the comic books and science fiction, and on concepts beyond the scope of the real world, and cast firmly in the supernatural.\u201d<\/em>
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\nMy hope is that this book can be the first of many. I am already at work on a second collection, which is out for review now, as well as a variety of articles, reviews, and prose works. I reprint some of my favorite poems at jddehartfeaturepoems.blogspot.<\/strong>, write reviews and post them at http:\/\/dehartreadingandlitresources.blogspot.com<\/a><\/strong>\/, and tweet @jd_dehart.<\/strong>
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\nWhether you check out this chapbook collection, a future book, or just read my work around the web, I appreciate the read!
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\nThe Truth About Snails <\/em><\/strong>is now available both on Amazon and Red Dashboard, the publisher\u2019s website at http:\/\/cms.reddashboard.com\/j-d-dehart\/<\/a><\/strong>
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\n 
\nVigilante<\/strong>
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\n 
\nPardon me for attempting to be
\nsome kind of hero or otherwise
\nsavior figure. My mistake.
\nPardon the garish appearance
\nof the costume I crafted (it was
\na last minute low budget choice)
\nand pardon my lack of sophisticated
\nintelligence, weaponry, or astounding
\nmartial arts skills. I am just a guy
\nwho used to read comics, wanted to be
\nsomebody\u2019s emblem, and now find
\nthe feeling of this cape rather awkward.
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\nBio:
\nJD DeHart is a writer and teacher. His poems have recently appeared in Dime Show Review and Cacti Fur.
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\n <\/a> Cartoon-Molecules\/paperback\/Robin Ouzman Hislop<\/a><\/strong>
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\nwww.facebook.com\/PoetryLifeTimes<\/a>
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\nrobin@artvilla.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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