All Over the Place: “Beginnings” from The...Other Poems

By Michael H. Brownstein

5AM and I’m working on a computer allergic to attachments and has a mouse in need of serious training; every now and then Microsoft Edge opens and closes a window as if the computer has a bad case of hiccups; spellcheck takes a visit elsewhere; and the screen is too dim—my cataracts may be getting worse….
    The second section of my Katy Trail book was requested by Amy Huffman, the editor of A Kind of Hurricane Press. I offered her a wide variety of writing and she decided ultimately what she would want to publish. Of course, I was flattered by her choices and, figuratively speaking, took the walk with her into the next section of the book. No more Katy Trail narrative.
    “Now,” she said, “poems to read over and over again to enjoy and contemplate.”
    Enjoy.

All Over the Place: Introduction to The Katy Trail, Mid-Missouri, 100F Outside and Other Poems

By Michael H. Brownstein

Over a decade ago, A Kind of Hurricane Press published on their site my book The Katy Trail, Mid-Missouri, 100F Outside and Other Poems. Amy Huffman was the editor (and an excellent poet—much better than me) and she had published a lot of my work. I was quite flattered when she requested a book from me, and I complied.