Tyler Dempsey is an award winning poet.
Stephen Black Toledo, Ohio May 26, 2021.
Tyler has transformed his brother\'s observations about life in a constant vicious circle of bureaucracy into Zen-like poems, each as meaningful and brief as ripples in a pond.
Newspaper Drumsticks is a classic, as profoundly simple (and American) as Blades of Grass .
Now, as masks are no longer required, we are launching a proper version of Newspaper Drumsticks ; one that is less of a fragile signal flare, and more of a well-made torch.
Tyler\'s years of work gave us a playful-yet sobering- look at what it truly means to be in "lockdown".
The reviews were many, thoughtful and positive.
This was during the early days of Covid.
Within the shortest time possible, we had the first version of Newspaper Drumsticks on Amazon.
I replied. "Hard-edged yet restless and heartfelt; laconic poems roughly hewn from behind prison walls.\' -Cyril Wong, author of Infinity Diary From the publisher Tyler tweeted to the world that he was looking for a publisher.
Cover image by internationally recognized Joseph Rushmore.
Includes a recipe for Not Pizza.
Even a bit of humor.
The poems are sparse, yet harshly lush; full of observations, regret, love and hope.
This collection of poems was "curated " from the letters Tyler received.
His brother is in prison.
Tyler Dempsey is an award winning poet
