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    In The Metaphysician’s Daughter, Richard K. Ostrander’s poems combine a recollection of an uncomfortable past with a large dose of Americana, strip malls and dry wit. His speakers yearn for freedom as they navigate their wounds and losses, synthesizing Southern culture with TV and technology (“They say radio waves never die, just ripple / Out into space, their signal growing inaudible / As this flight of leaves in currents of air”) that tantalizes, yet also isolates. After reading this collection, you’ll hear and nod to the music of the ordinary and transcendental. —Alice Osborn, author of Heroes without Capes "These poems are intriguing , packed with surprising situations, encounters and characters. The poet often captures moments that hit the jackpot such as with "Beauty of the Beast." This is poetry that not only needs to be read more than once, but read out loud and then discussed and pondered." —Sara Claytor, author of Waiting on Unknown Roads "They say radio waves never die, just ripple / Out into space, their signal growing inaudible / As this flight of leaves in currents of air" writes Richard K. Ostrander in his marvelous new collection, The Metaphysician's Daughter. The ear and eye at play and work in this work stun. If you love Niedecker (and who doesn't?) and Bunting and Williams (both Jonathan and William Carlos), this book will grab and gladden you. Ostrander's multi-layered, punchy poems declare and declaim our various conditions in a voice infused with energy, subtle sorrow, and wry wit. —Aaron Anstett, author of Moreover Richard K. Ostrander is the author of The Epic of Hell Freeze, from BlazeVOX Books. He has been published numerous times in print and on line. He currently resides within the Carolinas. Richard is active within his community, volunteering from time to time in the local school systems to lecture its students on poetry and literature. Book Information: · Paperback: 58 pages · Binding: Perfect-Bound · Publisher: BlazeVOX [books] · ISBN: 978-1-60964-258-7 $16 Pre-Orders Welcome

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    In The Metaphysician’s Daughter, Richard K. Ostrander’s poems combine a recollection of an uncomfortable past with a large dose of Americana, strip malls and dry wit. His speakers yearn for freedom as they navigate their wounds and losses, synthesizing Southern culture with TV and technology (“They say radio waves never die, just ripple / Out into space, their signal growing inaudible / As this flight of leaves in currents of air”) that tantalizes, yet also isolates. After reading this collection, you’ll hear and nod to the music of the ordinary and transcendental. —Alice Osborn, author of Heroes without Capes "These poems are intriguing , packed with surprising situations, encounters and characters. The poet often captures moments that hit the jackpot such as with "Beauty of the Beast." This is poetry that not only needs to be read more than once, but read out loud and then discussed and pondered." —Sara Claytor, author of Waiting on Unknown Roads "They say radio waves never die, just ripple / Out into space, their signal growing inaudible / As this flight of leaves in currents of air" writes Richard K. Ostrander in his marvelous new collection, The Metaphysician's Daughter. The ear and eye at play and work in this work stun. If you love Niedecker (and who doesn't?) and Bunting and Williams (both Jonathan and William Carlos), this book will grab and gladden you. Ostrander's multi-layered, punchy poems declare and declaim our various conditions in a voice infused with energy, subtle sorrow, and wry wit. —Aaron Anstett, author of Moreover Richard K. Ostrander is the author of The Epic of Hell Freeze, from BlazeVOX Books. He has been published numerous times in print and on line. He currently resides within the Carolinas. Richard is active within his community, volunteering from time to time in the local school systems to lecture its students on poetry and literature. Book Information: · Paperback: 58 pages · Binding: Perfect-Bound · Publisher: BlazeVOX [books] · ISBN: 978-1-60964-258-7 $16 Pre-Orders Welcome

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    In The Metaphysician’s Daughter, Richard K. Ostrander’s poems combine a recollection of an uncomfortable past with a large dose of Americana, strip malls and dry wit. His speakers yearn for freedom as they navigate their wounds and losses, synthesizing Southern culture with TV and technology (“They say radio waves never die, just ripple / Out into space, their signal growing inaudible / As this flight of leaves in currents of air”) that tantalizes, yet also isolates. After reading this collection, you’ll hear and nod to the music of the ordinary and transcendental. —Alice Osborn, author of Heroes without Capes "These poems are intriguing , packed with surprising situations, encounters and characters. The poet often captures moments that hit the jackpot such as with "Beauty of the Beast." This is poetry that not only needs to be read more than once, but read out loud and then discussed and pondered." —Sara Claytor, author of Waiting on Unknown Roads "They say radio waves never die, just ripple / Out into space, their signal growing inaudible / As this flight of leaves in currents of air" writes Richard K. Ostrander in his marvelous new collection, The Metaphysician's Daughter. The ear and eye at play and work in this work stun. If you love Niedecker (and who doesn't?) and Bunting and Williams (both Jonathan and William Carlos), this book will grab and gladden you. Ostrander's multi-layered, punchy poems declare and declaim our various conditions in a voice infused with energy, subtle sorrow, and wry wit. —Aaron Anstett, author of Moreover Richard K. Ostrander is the author of The Epic of Hell Freeze, from BlazeVOX Books. He has been published numerous times in print and on line. He currently resides within the Carolinas. Richard is active within his community, volunteering from time to time in the local school systems to lecture its students on poetry and literature. Book Information: · Paperback: 58 pages · Binding: Perfect-Bound · Publisher: BlazeVOX [books] · ISBN: 978-1-60964-258-7 $16 Pre-Orders Welcome

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    of 12

    THE METAPHYSICIAN'S

    DAUGHTER

    RICHARD K. OSTRANDER

    BLAZEVOX[BOOKS]
    Buffalo, New York

    The Metaphysician's Daughter


    by Richard K. Ostrander
    Copyright 2016
    Published by BlazeVOX [books]
    All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced without
    the publishers written permission, except for brief quotations in reviews.
    Printed in the United States of America
    Interior design and typesetting by Geoffrey Gatza
    Cover Art
    First Edition
    ISBN: 978-1-60964-258-7
    Library of Congress Control Number: 2016937143
    BlazeVOX [books]
    131 Euclid Ave
    Kenmore, NY 14217
    Editor@blazevox.org

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    BlazeVOX [ books ]
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    21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10

    After the Ambush


    Sudden silence settles in,
    As if everything were truly settled,
    As if the very air was clean
    Of soot and smell
    Of burnt hair terraced like steps.
    Sky like sheets of cellophane;
    Cold creeps back in;
    A cat rubbing up against legs.
    Adrenaline drains from limbs
    Like chai from the cup
    You were drinking with the elder
    Now lying amongst still warm brass,
    Arms extended with one leg raised
    As if climbing stairs one at a time.
    Sand is rusted with what seeps out.
    His head turned towards you
    With one eye and mouth open,
    As if for one final time to say
    Only what he can now tell you
    What you will now never know
    Until you two can talk again.

    13 |P a g e

    American Dream of Innisfree


    I would like to go and get up now!
    Lets enter a Thomas Kinkade portrait
    With a log cabin and a cold creek
    Its spring water running through rocks.
    I would want rocks placed in the brook
    For balance and symmetry.
    No bean rows for me but a fir tree;
    Its boughs capped with snow
    And a painters brush to touch up
    The highlights just for show.
    Its a fantasy I dream about
    But would never really want to go.

    14 |P a g e

    I Am Most Amazed
    At the selfishness
    Of an empty milk carton
    Left in the fridge
    Now there is only
    Dry cereal dry
    For breakfast I was
    So looking forward to.

    15 |P a g e

    At First Th-ght
    Not unlike dawn
    In the beginning
    Word; THE
    Light (s)\
    Camera
    Action
    Or,
    Let there
    No
    thing
    (s)
    But in ideas
    Dinge
    Gedichte
    Maximus
    Too
    Minnie
    Moose
    Selling

    C
    Shells
    By sea shore
    To miss
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    Represent
    Precurse

    R
    To action
    Like lite
    Thought
    Text
    T yer

    2ch
    But inside
    Th
    Air
    4/ there
    So there!
    A
    m
    Once again
    Conciousness stream
    Oar no
    Rock slide/land
    17 |P a g e

    Slide of

    M
    Press
    Ed letter
    Or simply to bloom
    From day break
    Into blue
    Zeal of my azaleas
    Anthem of lilacs
    Or more
    Like blowing bubbles
    Each formed fully
    2 poof
    In morning light
    First thought
    Best

    D
    Scribed
    At first,
    First thought

    18 |P a g e

    Dont
    Stop!

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    Beauty of the Beast


    It's an old joke you know
    A man and a woman marry
    Thinking one will change
    The other will stay the same
    Like layers of an onion
    You can peel all you want
    Center of a tootsie roll pop
    What will the world ever know
    Belle knows the beast
    Is really a handsome prince
    If she could just, just...
    What are the bruises from
    She's just so clumsy
    Love will find a way
    Lionel Richie says so
    Nice guys well you know
    Kiss a frog all you want
    What's the definition of insanity
    Some are even poisonous
    Maybe we just love the beast

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    Dromedary
    The over indulgence of strip malls
    With 20 oz. cups forbidden
    Elsewhere so you have two 20 oz.
    Per hand endure them while you can
    Black mosaic asphalt, bottle caps
    Pennies for rainy days 90 days gone
    But today you're the supplicant
    As you push your two page resume
    Across, she looks up, smiles, braces
    Experience; retail? with tight eyes
    Half windsor puckered just so
    In the final act of this play
    You might actually be the manager
    Look up on screen, Mr. President, winking
    Walk the aisles feigning, anything
    It's funny how they do you
    Then they don't
    That's exactly how they do

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    Sin Eaters
    It's funny how they do you
    Then they don't
    That's what they like to do
    They'll have your six
    Until the twelve
    Then you'll be the one
    They'll say it's noon
    And when you look
    You'll wonder where's the sun
    You're on the list
    But not your name
    No matter how you wait
    It's always still the same
    They'll call it clear
    And when you're near
    You'll learn its green on blue
    It's funny what they do
    Then they don't
    And that's exactly how they do

    22 |P a g e

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