Heavy Lead Birdsong

Poems in Ryler Dustin's Heavy Lead Birdsong are inspired by science and religion, fatherhood, anatomy, sex and funerals.

"Dear reader, we are the same, our eyes sit like heavy windows in black stone like windows sewing by lamplight in houses that are too small to hold their heavy lead birdsongs."--from "Heavy Lead Birdsongs

Dustin's collection of love poems--an old man plants orchards in his own chest, angels write messages encoded in boxcar graffiti, and a dangerous car ride through the dead of winter takes us to the Ice Age.

Author: Ryler Dustin
Publisher: Write Bloody Publishing
Published: 07/15/2008
Pages: 92
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.28lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.22d
ISBN: 9780981521374

About the Author
Dustin, Ryler: - Ryler Dustin was on his way to becoming a dental hygienist when something amazing happened: he overheard poetry at his local open mic. Within months his work had gained the attention of both slam and academic audiences -- he gained a place on the prestigious Seattle Slam Team, won the Sue C Boynton Award and was invited to headline at the Richard Hugo House. Ryler also won the Bart Baxter Competition while bringing Seattle to the final stage of the Individual World Poetry Slam. He has no plans of pursuing dental hygiene in the future due to his devotion to poetry.