Poetic Theft

"Charles Masner's Poetic Theft takes on the perennial subjects of poetry: beginnings and endings, love and death, beauty and war. From short, pithy poems to longer prose pieces, Masner confronts life's biggest questions with wit, grace, and unflinching emotional directness." John Brehm, author of Help Is on the Way. "Masner is a writer of mystery and of vitality. Curious about the world, he looks for words that might authentically capture pieces of it ... [T]his ambitious collection of poetry and prose runs the gamut from busted marriages to redemptive seductions, from car wrecks to summer dresses, from weddings to whiskey, from burger joints to hospitals, always attentive to love and sorrow. Masner presents these scenes of his own life and the lives of others and thereby conjures a rich, full creation." David J. Rothman, author of My Brother's Keeper (Lithic Press,2019) Finalist for the Colorado Book Award.