In T.K.’s third installment of poetry and prose, the author takes a philosophical look at life upon growing old. One can picture an old woman sitting on a stump or bale of hay, wearing a wry smile, chuckling over people and the silly things they do as in “You Can’t Fix Stupid . . . I’ve Tried.” T.K. is a little more reflective in “All You Can Own” and “Don’t Look Back.” The short story “Winston” relates the struggles of an orphan to survive on his own in the west, with a little help from a wise old cow hand.
As with her previous two books, T.K.’s poetry doesn’t follow any “rules,” but are often stream of consciousness thoughts written down as they come to mind. In addition, her poems contain a kernel of truth in as much as the poems come from some place far away and long ago in her childhood.
GusGus Press
38 pp. ● 6×9
$7.95 (pb) ● $9.95 (eb)
ISBN 978-1-945805-61-5 (pb)
POETRY – Cowboy
POETRY – American – General
POETRY – Native American
POETRY – Women Authors
Publication date: April 2018
T.K. Galarneau was born and raised in North Central Idaho in a small farming and ranching community called Nezperce where she graduated in 1969. She received a BS degree in English and History from Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston in 1973. Terrie taught English and Reading in the Lewiston school district until moving to California in 2001 to continue her teaching career. She now makes her home in the Bay Area with two dogs, three cats, and two horses. When she’s not teaching or writing, she spends most of her time riding.