Description—

This volume contains 60 eight-line poems written by one of the Pacific Northwest’s favorite poets, James Bertolino. His humor and images will not soon be forgotten. Egress Studio Press is proud to have published a second book by such a prolific, well-established writer.

Comments—

“Each of his books has revealed a solid mastery, but reading Pocket Animals goes beyond mastery. It is like discovering an apricot tree in the desert, boughs bending with sweet fruit ripe to perfection.”

—Howard McCord
The Wisdom of Silenus
St. Andrews College Press

"In these poems, the whole winged planet flies at us: dragonflies, doves, seedpods, mosquitos, a million tiny birds. Jim Bertolino takes us into a shining, intricate world; we breathe the green air of his words; hold the wingbone of a loon in our minds. These are poems to pocket, to hold close to the heart."

—Wendy Morton
author of Private Eye
Ekstasis Editions

Grown Men

Out on the street,
I see two grown men

looking into a tree,
then talking quietly,

eyes cast low. I feel concern,
though I know nothing, have

no reason for this emotion
swelling in me.

—James Bertolino