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These are kindly, good-hearted poems. Jim Barton brings to these poems a sweet, delicate, careful attention to detail and a winning love of the Earth and the creatures on it. But he also has a lovely way of weaving rhymes into the flow of the poem so delicately that you'll miss them if you aren't as careful in your attention as he is. Finally, Barton takes a modest delight in teasing gentle humor out of his narratives, nothing forced, just a light touch with what the Earth gives him. It is this light touch that I admire most. Red Hawk, poet Like a flood, Jim Barton's poems swiftly capture the essence of both the natural and human world, reminding us of not only the animals who missed the ark, but ourselves when we've missed the ark. These poems reveal a love of language and a love of humanity. Diane Payne, Editor, Foliate Oak Like the best poets, Jim Barton helps readers see connections between the past and the present, between the familiar and the foreign, and between nature and ourselves. Barton's lively treatment of his varied subjects, his gentle humor, and his love of nature make his writing accessible to a wide audience. Phillip Ballard, Founding Editor of Between the Lines Jim Barton is clearly a modern-day Thoreau. He knows the elements of the Great Outdoors as though they were his children, much like Thoreau knew intimately his woodchucks and his bean fields. I came to know intimately Jim Barton's deer, his snakes, his snapping turtles, and the hawks of his beloved land, the Bayou Country of southernmost Arkansas, but a stone's throw from the Louisiana border. The poet tells us in an early poem, "I prop my ladder...an aluminum stairway to Heaven's prizes." As readers of this collection, if we will but climb that stairway, we are certain to reap the golden riches. Harding Stedler, poet, member, Executive Board, Poets Roundtable of Arkansas

Migration Ballads embraces the reader with a symphony of natural sound which purifies the inner world. It is the poet, gusts of wind from the Taurus Mountains, days and nights spreading out and a harvest of dreams. Happily, it is the sea bitten off and kissed by the moon. It is the color of death. And it is as if you could listen to all of this in the distilled voice of an old timer, or from the heavenly host of the mountains themselves. Umit Sariaslan, poet, writer, critic, Turkey Vivid, engaging poems! These poems take you many places, visually, tactilely, and emotionally. R. Bruce Bickley, Jr., Griffith T. Pugh Professor of English, Emeritus, Florida State University, USA Poets have neither a home, nor a town, nor a country. Their real places are the mountains, the rocks, the valleys, the trees, the swings, the kites. As you will see, Ali F. Bilir is standing up on his tasseled kites and/or magic carpets and flying around among the wondering stars. M. Ali Sulutas, researcher, writer, Turkey Ali F. Bilir is a poet who uses clear language and complex syntax. He is good with language, a poet somewhat difficult to translate. . . like Apollinaire. Mustafa B. Yalciner, researcher, writer, Turkey Ali Bilir is a true poet. His last name means one who knows; one who is insightful... Farideh Hasanzadeh-Mostafavi, poet and translator, Iran To me, the poems are the way of breathing. Thank you for giving me a fresh, colorful, and deep breath. Arzu Gungor, educational researcher, Florida State University, USA Editing the poetry of Ali Bilir as translated from Turkish by M. Ali Sulutas has been an honor, like speaking to the soul of a friend you have never met, like finding a window no one has discovered into the work of Lorca, or Vallejo. These wonderful poems were given to me by Bilir's daughter, Defne, reminding me I am also the daughter of a poet whose first book I published, reminding me that poetry travels around the world from friend to friend, family to family, soul to soul. Susan Bright, poet, publisher, USA

From the battles for civil rights and equal rights, to war and its aftermath, to the enduring tragedies of drugs, racism, poverty and disease that play out daily in American cities, to the interior dramas of her life, Nancy Scott opens our eyes through the compassionate lens of her poetry. With a deceptively stoical tone, Down to the Quick reveals a sharp-eyed poet''s sensibility deftly applied to the social realities and cultural shocks of the second half of "the American century." Sander Zulauf, Editor, Journal of New Jersey Poets Nancy Scott''s poems - always precise and polished - reflect her love for language that is alive and charged with meaning. Her work is guided by a moral vision that leads her to understand and empathize with people who are hurt, forgotten, and victimized. After reading her poems we come away with a greater awareness and understanding of our endless human connections. Sam Longmire, Editor, Out of Line Nancy Scott''s Down to the Quick is a powerful collection of poems that evoke images of passion and loss, pain and joy, survival and death. Her book presents vivid, emotionally charged pictures of an era some forty years ago, as well as scenes from present life, dramatic moments made real and meaningful in her skillful conversion of plain-spoken language into wonderful poetry. Poet Jean Hollander''s most recent publication is a verse translation of Dante''s Commedia published by Doubleday.