September 2006 Ghost Road Press:
Lost Songs and Last Chances, winner of the 2007 Colorado Authors League Award, finds Ransick exploring new terrain as far flung as Snowdonia in northern Wales, Manhattan’s Central Park, and the Black Canyon of the Gunnison closer to his home in Colorado. The book’s unique structure—a sequence of ten suites and intervening refrains—manifests the music of the title and includes “Suite for an American Boyhood,” “Albion Suite,” and “Suite for Lost Friends.” The poems range across a charged emotional landscape, witnessing both the natural world and the urban, challenging readers to see beneath surfaces for the signs of our own connection.
"There is a lovely balance between form and subject matter in this collection. While the poems are quiet at times, their power is released through an excellent execution of poetic qualities: subtle and unexpected music, nice line breaks, and impressive handle on a range of forms. Overall, a very impressive collection."Mary Gannon, Editor, Poets & Writers Magazine
Lost Songs & Last Chances
ISBN 0977803457 $13.95
Never Summer: Poems from Thin Air
ISBN O-9771272-0-6, Ghost Road Press
160 pages (Hardcover Edition) $22.50
Never Summer: Poems from Thin Air
ISBN O-9771272-1-4, Ghost Road Press
160 pages (Trade Paperback Edition) $13.95
A Return to Emptiness
ISBN 0-9760729-0-4, Ghost Road Press
204 pages (Trade Paperback) $19.95
Limited Edition Broadside
Commissioned in February 2004 to commemorate the renewed use of the Ferril House in Denver as a literary center, this limited edition broadside is a beautiful and unique work of art.
Hand letterpress printed on fine stock.The poem Tom Ferril's Mandolin conjures up a time when Colorado's renowned poet laureate, Thomas Hornsby Ferril, hosted many famous writers and artists at his landmark home.
$149
