{"id":539,"date":"2015-08-17T17:50:12","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T17:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.3mileharborpress.com\/?page_id=539"},"modified":"2020-03-19T01:44:10","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T01:44:10","slug":"at-the-tone","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.3mileharborpress.com\/?page_id=539","title":{"rendered":"AT THE TONE"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"tmh,<\/a><\/p>\n

Paul Genega
\nPoetry<\/strong>
\nSoft Cover: 68 pages
\nPublished: 2000
\nASIN: B0006RZ6BU<\/p>\n

$<\/span>6.95<\/bdi><\/span>Add to cart<\/a>\t\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n<\/p><\/strong><\/p>\n

Critical Acclaim:<\/p>\n

“Janis Joplin proved she meant it when she sang, I\u2019ll trade in all my tomorrows for a
\nsingle yesterday. Paul Genega, in At The Tone<\/em>, keeps his yesterdays equally alive without
\ntrading any of his tomorrows. He\u2019s not seduced by nostalgia, but tackles it head on. His
\npoems are reminiscent of Cavafy \u2013 brief encounters never dull the imagination; they only
\nignite it. He accomplishes what few poets have been able to do \u2013 he makes us his accom-
\nplices in matters of love.”– Hal Sirowitz<\/p>\n

“These are powerful poems, certain to evoke in the reader a sense of gratitude for
\nGenega\u2019s language and humanity.”– Simon Perchik<\/p>\n

A selection from At The Tone<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

BLACK BOX<\/p>\n

The day he caught me<\/p>\n

\n

\n

\n

playing with dolls
\nI got the stuffing
\nbeat out of me<\/p>\n

Down the belt<\/p>\n

\n

\n

\n

thrashed into
\nthe basement
\nthen out to
\nthe ridiculing street<\/p>\n

But the blood<\/p>\n

\n

\n

\n

\n

just got too scary
\nso he flung me
\nin the bedroom
\nlocked the door
\nand took the key<\/p>\n

I slept<\/p>\n

I slept dreamless<\/p>\n

\n

\n

\n

\n

\n

until the door
\ncreaked open
\nand there he stood
\nawash in golden light
\nholding the black box
\nhe\u2019d used in the war<\/p>\n

He sat himself beside me<\/p>\n

\n

\n

\n

\n

muttering stuttering
\nhow we needed
\nto be closer
\nhow he\u2019d teach
\nhis son the Code<\/p>\n

Starting<\/p>\n

\n

perforce
\nwith the moment<\/p>\n

SOS
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Paul Genega Poetry Soft Cover: 68 pages Published: 2000 ASIN: B0006RZ6BU Critical Acclaim: “Janis Joplin proved she meant it when she sang, I\u2019ll trade in all my tomorrows for a single yesterday. Paul Genega, in At The Tone, keeps his yesterdays equally alive without trading any of his tomorrows. He\u2019s not seduced by nostalgia, but …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":152,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-539","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3mileharborpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3mileharborpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3mileharborpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3mileharborpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3mileharborpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=539"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.3mileharborpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4613,"href":"https:\/\/www.3mileharborpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/539\/revisions\/4613"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3mileharborpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3mileharborpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}