{"product_id":"produce-wagon-new-and-selected-poems-9781496230577","title":"Produce Wagon: New and Selected Poems","description":"The poems in \u003ci\u003eProduce Wagon\u003c\/i\u003e explore the vast and varied circumstances of the human experience. Roy Scheele delves into his love for his wife in \"Remembrances,\" the opening poem from his first chapbook, and \"Driving after Dark\"; his fascination with the natural world in poems such as \"How the Fox Got Away\" and \"Late Autumn Woods\"; his appreciation of his family in \"A Kitchen Memory\" and \"The Long Rise\"; and his fondness for stories in \"The Carny Circuit\" and \"In the Clear.\" In these and the other poems in the collection, Scheele uses a variety of traditional verse forms as well as free verse and syllabics, carefully fitting the form of each poem to his subject matter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Though most of the poems are set in Nebraska and neighboring states, there is a universality to the subjects Scheele addresses. In these poems anywhere is everywhere. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoy Scheele\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emeritus of English at Doane University. He is the author of a dozen chapbooks and collections, including \u003ci\u003eA Far Allegiance\u003c\/i\u003e (Backwaters Press, 2010) and \u003ci\u003eThe Sledders\u003c\/i\u003e. His verse and prose poems have been frequently anthologized, most notably in \u003ci\u003eStrong Measures\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eModels of the Universe\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50485276213522,"sku":"9781496230577","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_05dd5d25-742d-48db-90ad-836231314362.jpg?v=1730401458","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/produce-wagon-new-and-selected-poems-9781496230577","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}