Description:
Andy Wilkinson began writing poetry as a high-school sophomore. Over the 60 years since, his poems have been published in anthologies and magazines, featured in musical recordings and films, and along the way he's written a stage play and two books in poetry. Yet this is his first collection, 120 poems drawn from a much larger body of work. Given the six decades represented, they reflect a variety of form, subject, and length. But each and every poem is very much characteristic of his art and life.
Review Quotes:
The world needs more Andy Wilkinson. I know I do. And so I say, "Finally!" This book of poetry is long over-due, and while I have been honored to witness Wilkinson's creative process for going on eighteen years now, since that bench in the Panhandle Plains Museum, witnessed the process, the progress, the evolution of song and poem and story, to have these gathered together is nothing less than a gift to the world. From poems we've heard before, to hidden treasures buried like jewels or stars in these pages, this is a collection for those who care to listen for the heartbeats. Amy Hale
Raw + Ripe is a collection of poetry for life - for the highs and lows and everything in between. It is poetry that makes you think, laugh, cry, remember, and ponder. It brings wonder into the ordinary of life and puts words to life's mysteries. Alissa Hedges