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    Stakes

    By Caitlin M.S. Buxbaum

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    "Stakes" is an exploration of the word in its various forms: What are the stakes? How high are they? How do humans behave in high-stakes situations? What is the cost of that behavior? The word is used literally and figuratively throughout these poems, and sometimes not at all, with the content simply hinting at the subject. If you enjoy free verse poetry with the occasional rhyme on the personal, the political, and the pondering nature of life, this book is for you.

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    "A wide-ranging slate of interesting and timely topics are beautifully strung together in this book. Each poem feels fresh, like popping a lid off a new jar of jam. One thing that surprised me was the accessibility of religious themes throughout Part IV. As an atheist, I typically don’t resonate with these topics, but Caitlin offers a personal window into faith and philosophy that illuminates rather than alienates. A fun read and happy to say I came away from reading it with a long list of favorites!" – Rebecca Hare, Gustavus alumna 2014

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCaitlin M.S. Buxbaum
    Release dateAug 25, 2019
    ISBN9780463787984
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    Caitlin M.S. Buxbaum

    Caitlin M.S. Buxbaum (also known as Cait Buxbaum) is a poet, photographer, novelist and "former" journalist born and raised in Alaska. She has a Master of Arts in Teaching Secondary English from University of Alaska Anchorage and a Bachelor of Arts in Japanese Studies and English with an emphasis in Creative Writing from Gustavus Adolphus College. In her three years as a reporter, she wrote more than 600 stories for the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman newspaper. She has published six books under her own imprint, Red Sweater Press, and has had work featured in Firethorne, Literary Juice and America's Emerging Writers: Pacific Region by Z Publishing.

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      Stakes - Caitlin M.S. Buxbaum

      Stakes

      Codex

      Stucco

      Stress

      Poet

      Inspiration

      A slumbering muse

      Television

      Generosity

      Kismet

      From

      Plot

      Stakes

      If stakes were nought but wood which you

      could hammer down or out, would you

      worry you might become a liar,

      false and filled with doubt?

      Or would you let the flimsy fenceposts fly

      and take the risk of living

      a life of art and poverty,

      beautiful, but unforgiving?

      To hell with caution! The field is burning—

      and would you know what else?

      The tides of change are turning,

      and your work is now your house!

      Codex

      Thumbing through the leaves of history,

      my own or someone else's,

      I see a pattern of marks on pages

      that have tattooed a life of writing

      on my soul—her soul, his—

      an unending documentary

      full of words meaning everything

      and nothing.

      What becomes of us when we die?

      One can only hope

      the letters of our lives

      won't burn up

      in the years that will forget us,

      and will resurface

      just in time.

      Stucco

      The texture of being held

      and let go

      over and over again,

      each arm of the

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