Lost Transmissions - Paperback

by David Memmott (Author)

The poems in David Memmott's Lost Transmissions speak to the need we have to explore the depths of our own psyches, a need so insistent that many of us would sell our souls to unearth the answers to what motivates our lives-what motivates our actions. The poems express as well the power of verse, how it can help us rise above those experiences that might otherwise be crippling-war, death, brutality, loss of love, loss of voice and creativity, the soul's variable value, the insecure body and mind never knowing where the doors to understanding are, nor how many dimensions surround us unexplored.

Author Biography

With Lost Tranmissions, David Memmott has published six books of poetry, a novel and a story collection. His poem, "Where the Yellow Brick Road Turns West," was a finalist for the 2010 Spur Award from Western Writers of America. The Larger Earth: Descending Notes of a Grounded Astronaut was selected as one of 150 best poetry books for 150 years of Oregon statehood by Poetry Northwest and Oregon State Library. He is a Fishtrap Fellow, a recent Playa resident and recipient of three Fellowships for Publishing from Literary Arts, Inc., for his work as editor and publisher of Wordcraft of Oregon, LLC (www.wordcraftoforegon. com). His new novel, Canned Tuna, is looking for an audience. He is also managing editor of Phantom Drift: A Journal of New Fabulism. He lives in La Grande, Oregon, with his wife, Sue, and two yellow labs.