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A stunning poetry collection that offers solace and understanding.
Jack Ridl's latest collection, All at Once, is structured as a lyrical collage that looks back at his eighty years of life in a rearview mirror. Nothing eludes this poet's attention, reflection, or unbridled joy. Ridl's poems, written in a direct style and tender voice, bring together mismatched meditations, leading us to experience the reality that neither ourselves nor wherever we are is one-sided. These poems are musings on loss and grief, softly interwoven with devotion, human connection, and love. In the words of his daughter when she was seven years old, "Daddy, 'with' is the most important word in the world because we are always 'with.'" Each person reveals infinite realities of "with." All at Once is for anyone in need of companionship or a gentle smile.
Contents
All at Once
I. CAUGHT IN THE WEB
Today Our Daughter, a Teacher, Wasn't Shot
Christmas, 1943
Caught in the Web
My Mother's Week
Mud and Dust
Ten Inches of Snow Overnight
Recovery
I Have No Idea Why This Is Just to Say
It Could Be
Waiting for Covid
What If
Across the Room
II. ONE CHILDHOOD
Let Us Break Bread Together on Our Knees
It's Always Within the Wood
I Thought About Putting Together a Jigsaw Puzzle
How We Must Waken
Mid-Morning
One Childhood
Once It Happens
Clothespins
Bartholomew: Disciple
A Perfect Day for a Ballgame
On Certain Nights
Because of William Stafford
III. THE LOST SIMILES
The New Normal
"If It Didn't Exist, I Wouldn't Miss It"
After Reading the Table of Contents of Three Literary Magazines and Recognizing Two Names
My Mother's Ivory Hippopotamus
Saint Mark and His Piano
Have You Had Your Vaccine?
Maybe Tomorrow II
The Man Who Loved Olives
How It Should Be
What? You Wouldn't Want to Be a Dog?
The Lost Similes
IV. SOME KID WAS SHOT
Just Before Spring
On the Inhumane Hideaway of Objective Distance
The Night Before a Friend Had to Put Down Her Dog
Grief Again
Remember That Rock Song?
Her Bed
On the Bus to Poland
He Had to Put It Off for a Year
Yesterday I Buried a Female Cardinal
Light at the End of Day
After a Second Cup of Coffee
On Another Anniversary of My Father's Death
V. THE WORTH OF WAITING
Margarita Farewell
After Leaving Bed at 2 a.m. I Wondered If I was Still in the Same House
Nathaniel Before the Storm
At Home
Before What Came Before
The One Note
High Fly: The Outfielder
The Hidden Permutations of Love
The Worth of Waiting
All I Know Is It Was Dark
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
