Housecat Kung Fu: Strange Poems For Wild Children by Geoffrey Gatza

Housecat Kung Fu: Strange Poems For Wild Children by Geoffrey Gatza
Release Date: 2009
ISBN: 978-0-9794119-6-0
Price: U.S. $16.00
Distributors: Meritage Press and Small Press Distribution
For more info: MeritagePress@aol.com

Geoffrey Gatza's poetry for children has been one of the greatest secrets in contemporary poetry. Meritage Press is delighted to share this secret by releasing Gatza's inaugural book of poetry for children (of all ages): Housecat Kung Fu.

Gatza is the author of seven other books of poetry; his Not So Fast Robespierre and Kenmore: Poem Unlimited are available from Menendez Publishing. He is also the editor and publisher of BlazeVOX [books]. Gatza lives in Kenmore, New York. More information about him is available at http://geoffreygatza.com and http://blazevox.org.

Meritage Press is pleased to share an excerpt from one of the many delightful poems in Housecat Kung Fu -- this is from "Lorikeet Landing":

Last Wednesday I overheard

a rainbow colored bird say

wouldn't you bring to me



a listening booth

and a swimming tree



a comfy ocean chair

and some sand from Waikiki



a wisdom tooth

and a cup of crystal tea



a mystical flying mare

and a large screen TV



or maybe a common pea

and a castle floating in air...