M. Ray Allen ( a Floyd County, Kentucky, native), regards poetry as his "umbilical link to the world." His down-home voice strips away superficialities as he recounts his return to Appalachia through time, space and memory and reconstructs an intimate and immediate reality. Surprisingly, we recognize the human experience that he captures as our own. Select the titles below to read more about this favorite poetry collection.   "The Roads I Travel" A collection of verse and poetry with a very personal Appalachian sense of place, each woven of common human fabric.     "Between The Thorns" "Between The Thorns", affirms that Appalachia is Allen's primal experience. His poetry captures his center of being with a familiar tenderness and pictures for us a human experience we recognize as our own.   "Beyond Star Bottom and Other Poems" A trip across a wild and cerebral prairie... a testament to all those who will not settle for the mediocrity of life.

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