The Gravedigger's Roots, 2nd ed. - Softcover

King, Robert S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0983998566 ISBN 13: 9780983998563

Publisher: FutureCycle Press, 2012

Synopsis

The Gravedigger's Roots is told by the gravedigger himself, a man who is at the lowest point of the social totem pole. He is, however, also a man with spiritual (but not religious) leanings. He tries to understand the work he does and why things happen (or don't happen). He is undeniably a cynic, yet he suspects that life goes on beyond the grave, that after death he may be reborn to a life he'd rather not live, finally to succeed or to fail once again. The gravedigger could be described as a pessimist who is not bereft of hope.

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About the Author

Robert S. King lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Georgia. His poems have appeared in hundreds of magazines, including California Quarterly, Chariton Review, Hollins Critic, Kenyon Review, Main Street Rag, Midwest Quarterly, Negative Capability, and Southern Poetry Review. He has published three chapbooks (When Stars Fall Down as Snow, Garland Press 1976; Dream of the Electric Eel, Wolfsong Publications 1982; and The Traveller's Tale, Whistle Press 1998). The first editions of his full-length collections, The Hunted River and The Gravedigger's Roots, were published by Shared Roads Press in 2009. He recently stepped down as Director of FutureCycle Press in order to devote more time to his own writing. He continues to serve the press as Poetry Co-Editor.

Edition details

• Publisher: FutureCycle Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0983998566
• ISBN 13: 9780983998563
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 94
• Editor: Kistner Diane