
Smells Like Rain
Gregory Luce(Author)
Alan Abrams(Editor)
Sligo Creek Publishing Company
Published on 5. October 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
44 pages
979-8-9911983-3-2 (ISBN)
Description
Refined Poems of Memory, Place, and American Experience
Smells Like Rain by Gregory Luce is a mature and beautifully crafted poetry collection from a poet with a calm, lucid voice. These poems reflect on rural American youth, family ancestry, cultural change, and the lasting inspiration of jazz music.
With clarity and emotional depth, Luce explores personal memory alongside broader themes of legacy, values, and the American landscape.Contemporary American Poetry CollectionA refined book of poems rooted in memory, place, rural life, and cultural reflection.
Mature & Lucid VoiceBy Gregory Luce, a thoughtful poet whose work captures the atmosphere and emotional truth of lived experience.
Key ThemesRural American youth, family ancestry, shifting cultural values, and the influence of jazz and music.
Perfect for Poetry Lovers & GiftingIdeal for readers of contemporary literary poetry, American poetry, memory poems, and place-based writing. A meaningful gift for anyone who appreciates quiet, resonant verse.
From Sligo Creek PublishingA concise and powerful 44-page paperback collection.
About the Author
Gregory Luce is an American poet whose work draws from personal history, rural roots, and a deep appreciation for music - particularly jazz. His poems are known for their clarity, emotional honesty, and ability to evoke both landscape and inner life.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight
70 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-9911983-3-2 (9798991198332)
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Gregory Luce was born in Dallas, Texas, and grew up in Texas, Kentucky and Oklahoma. He holds a BA and MA from Oklahoma State University and did additional graduate work at the University of Southern Mississippi. He lives in Arlington, VA.Gregory Luce is the author of Signs of Small Grace, Drinking Weather, Tile, and Riffs & Improvisations. His poems have appeared in numerous print and online journals and in the anthologies Living in Storms (Eastern Washington University Press), Written in Arlington (Paycock Press), and This Is What America Looks Like (Washington Writers Publishing House).In 2014, he was awarded the Larry Neal Award for adult poetry by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities. In addition to poetry, he writes a monthly column for the online art journal Scene4.