Main Street Publishing is delighted to introduce the work of Michael F. Duke. His craft flourishes in the poetic environment where rhymes have been dismissed as archaic or even juvenile. Duke destroys those perceptions through life experiences which he expresses esoterically, yet with Southern simplicity. Excerpt: THE TENNESSEE TRAVELER He's known the bright lights of Memphis And the hills down by Cedar Grove On a dusty dirt road south of Jackson He thought he'd found someone to love But from there wasn't too far from Nashville And the highway kept calling him on Now he sits by the freeway outside Chattanooga Silently waiting for dawn... cont. |