Grorge Held

Bleak Splendor Grorge Held

"" Do you even remember what an Iceman was? Have you witnessed the drooping, unapologetic naked bodies of aged men and women shunted away in a nursing home? Have you wondered about the eccentric man or woman holding out amidst the broad lawns and narrow minds of the suburbs? Poet George Held is a writer who looks so closely that I can imagine him with a permanent squint. His portraits, his poetry is full of unflinching, and often stunning description, pathos and humor."" - Doug Holder/Ibbetson Street Press