What: Oregon Literary Arts - First Wednesday Readings When: Wednesday, March 3, 2010 Time: 7 to 9 PM Where: Blackbird Wineshop, 4323 NE Freemont, Portland, Oregon Readers: John Blackard, Pedro Ponce, Penelope Schott, Mark Thalman
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| Mark Thalman's book Catching the Limit is published by Bedbug Press - Fairweather Books (2009) and is part of their Northwest Poetry Series. Thalman's poetry has appeared in Carolina Quarterly, CutBank, Many Mountains Moving, Natural Bridge, Pedestal Magazine, and Pennsylvania Review, among others. He received his Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Oregon, and he teaches English in the public schools. Thalman lives in Forest Grove, Oregon.
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CATCHING THE LIMIT
I troll along the south shore, where other fisherman say the angling is no good: too shallow, too many weeds. With their fish finders, they cluster off Princess Creek, but I don't see them catching anything.
The lake lies flat mirroring sky. An osprey rides the currents, until he spies a trout, folds his wings and drops like a swift mountain stream falling over the edge of a cliff, plunging talons first into his own reflection . . .
Emerging in a fury of spray, wings widespread, using them as oars, the bird strokes against the surface, flapping steadily to reach the air again, nosing his wriggling prey into the wind.
I point the bow at the spot where the osprey caught the rainbow. More times than not, that is the place my pole starts to bend.
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Catching the Limit $15 + $3.50 postage and handling for customers in U.S.A. and Canada.
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Paperback: 88 pages Audience: Young Adults and Adults Catching the Limit © 2009 Mark Thalman. All rights reserved. ISBN 978-0-9822982-0-6 Library of Congress Control Number 2009921309
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Catching the Limit can also be purchased at the following Bookstores:
Barnes & Noble at Pacific University 2032 Pacific Ave. Forest Grove 97116 503.352.2224
Looking Glass Bookstore in Sellwood
Powell's Books on-line
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