ALL THE ROOM OF CHILDHOOD: A Red Shuttleworth One-Poem Chapbook

All the Room of Childhood

a poem by

Red Shuttleworth

All the Room of Childhood, a Red Shuttleworth poem written in Montana while driving to Bismarck, North Dakota, blogged in 2011, is a limited edition Bunchgrass Press chapbook.

Red Shuttleworth

(September 2014)

Dublin, Ireland, in Collective Memory

Dublin, Ireland, in Collective Memory

(A crayon sketch by Red Shuttleworth)

Dublin, Ireland, in Collective Memory

Harrowing up-glance at churn-of-cloud,

the bustle of O'Connell Street...

a cloud of mad starlings from another year.

You wander north to the Gresham Hotel,

no money for a suite with a wide view,

no cash for even a closet of a room.

Rain comes hard, nails right through

your waterproof Gaelic-green zip-up

Derby-of-San Francisco tourist jacket.

Smell of damp wool, cigarettes, and chips...

neon bar signs buzz like dazed autumn flies:

you sober-jag east along the pewter Liffey.

Wells, Nevada, in Collective Memory

Wells, Nevada, in Collective Memory

(A crayon sketch by Red Shuttleworth)

Wells, Nevada, in Collective Memory

AC dying in the car, you drag into town.
Earthquake: saloons and deadfall motels

flaked and crumbled like desert-dry coyote bones.

The dustiest, cheapest-ever Best Western motel,
the Sage, is empty, a cavity not quite drilled-out...
no gold filling... abandoned for a decade or more.

You think to kick-in a door for a noon nap.
Up Sixth Street, you buy a juicy cheeseburger
at Luther's, wash it down with an iced Coors.

You shamble Wells, historic district demo'd,
wonder if you'd be happy on a rocky hill
overlooking so much fibbed or fabled loss.

Mackenzie, British Columbia, Canada, in Collective Memory

Mackenzie, B.C., Canada, in Collective Memory

(A crayon sketch by Red Shuttleworth)

Mackenzie, British Columbia, Canada, in Collective Memory

Frigid trench in the Rocky Mountains,

instant sawmill town, arteries to a wilderness,

cinder block motel, snow to top single-wides:

you spend a winter trudging wolf trails,

find a moss-covered black bear skull, dip it

repeatedly in shellac: it glows holy-jade.

Your neighbor, a trapper, gives you beaver

and lynx heads, Boiled-off meat is tasty.

The wolfhound refuses cat-stench lynx.

Winter runs-out: a grizzly walks through

a glass door into the cheesy half-mall,

can't find an April-plaid jacket that fits.

DRINKING IN THE DARK: A Red Shuttleworth One-Poem Chapbook

Drinking in the Dark

a one-poem chapbook

Red Shuttleworth

Drinking in the Dark, written by Red Shuttleworth in 2011 and recently revised, is published by Bunchgrass Press in a limited edition.

Red Shuttleworth

(near Ely, Nevada)

THIEF OF SLEEP: A Chapbook Poetry Anthology

Thief of Sleep

a chapbook poetry anthology featuring:

Dave Kelly

(Galveston, Texas, March 1977)

Kirk Robertson

Red Shuttleworth

Thief of Sleep is published in a limited (46 copies) edition by Bunchgrass Press.

To request a copy of Thief of Sleep, correspond with one of the featured poets.

FLIGHT STATUS: A One-Poem Red Shuttleworth Chapbook

Flight Status

one poem

Red Shuttleworth

Flight Status, a one-poem Red Shuttleworth chapbook published in a limited edition by Bunchgrass Press, was written in 2012 and, when presented on Red's blog, was entitled Insist on Genuine Parts.  The poem has recently undergone a substantial revision.

The blue 65-pound generic-brand cover stock for this chapbook magically attracts and absorbs fingerprints.  Apologies!

To request a copy of Flight Status, correspond with Red Shuttleworth.

 Red Shuttleworth

BOUQUET: A Chapbook Poetry Anthology

Bouquet

a chapbook poetry anthology featuring:

James Bertolino

Dave Kelly

(Galveston, Texas, March 19, 1977)

Red Shuttleworth

Eamonn Wall

The cover photo, Dixon, Montana, Bar, is by Nuno Santos:

Nuno Santos

(Columbia Basin, Washington, September 2014)

Bouquet is published in a limited (44 copies) edition by Bunchgrass Press.

To request a copy of Bouquet, correspond with one of the included poets.

CONSOLATIONS: A Red Shuttleworth Poetry Chapbook

Consolations

four poems

Red Shuttleworth

Consolations, a Red Shuttleworth limited edition chapbook from Bunchgrass Press, features a Jack Fulton photograph (The Long Branch,Luning, Nevada, 1988) on its cover.  

The four poems featured in Consolations are:

A Strange Smile with an Underbite

Barely Erect Gravestones... Fortuna, North Dakota

Western Interstates

and

Balding, Frayed, Antique Store Buffalo Coat

Red Shuttleworth
(Red in his writing studio... 2014)

Jack Fulton
(Distinguished Photographer)

DOC HOLLIDAY'S SKELETON: A Red Shuttleworth Poetry Chapbook

Doc Holliday's Skeleton Takes

A Saint Patrick's Day Walk,

Leadville, Colorado, 1887

a poem

Red Shuttleworth

Red Shuttleworth's 2007 one-poem chapbook about Doc Holliday in Leadville, Colorado, first published in an online edition of True West magazine, is available (for free... as long as supplies last) to those who request a copy by email or by regular mail.

Red Shuttleworth is a three-time recipient

of Western Writers of America's Spur Award for Poetry.

In 2007 True West magazine named Shuttleworth

Best Living Western Poet.