Living in the Counterpoint Book Trailer

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Living in the Counterpoint, a new poetry collection by New Jersey poet Michael T. Young, explores how we find out who we are by taking risks, defying expectiona -- especially our own, and in the context of what we are not. Pre-order directly from publisher Finishing Line Press: http://www.finishinglinepress.com.

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p oems written in the course of daily life... “Living in the Counterpoint”

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by a son, husband, father, office worker, commuter, NJ poet... Michael T. Young

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riding the subway

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sitting in a café

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rising in a moment of insomnia

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driving home toward the sunrise

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w atching a slug move

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w alking along a neighborhood cemetery

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confronting the way daily details render the face of who we are...

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s imply being alive

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“Living in the Counterpoint” coaxes introspection and haunts like a summer dusk... --BENJAMIN EVANS, Executive Editor, “Fogged Clarity”

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With the deftness of a magician, Michael T. Young moves us seamlessly between point and counterpoint ... from the living to the dead, from light to dark, near to far, and early to late. -- DIANE LOCKWARD, A uthor of “Temptation by Water” and Poet Laureate of West Caldwell, NJ

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Living in the Counterpoint by Michael T. Young A New Poetry Chapbook from Finishing Line Press ISBN 1-59924-870-0 Paper, $12 Release Date: Jan. 13 , 2012 Reserve Your Copy Today! Pre-order directly from the publisher: www.finishinglinepress.com