Green Acre

Death haunts us all, but Cody Shrum shows us how Santa died, how the first dong he loved died, and how he, too, took life while still a child. In Green Acre, Shrum writes with a Midwestern authenticity about coming of age in Southeast Kansas. These poems tell stories of "back home"--catfishing in "the den of fish and big, black water," the guilt of killing pests plaguing "the grounds of that green acre," growing "too old/for the caped crusader." Shurm writes with grounded clarity about family, home, nostalgia, and identity to reveal the beauty and awe that exist in the everyday moments all around us.