Scott Owens Poetry

Scott Owens’s authentic new collection eventually is full of strong poems: some haiku, some senryu, and some almost-haiku. Owens employs clear language, arresting us with notable observations. This book eventually will whisper like wind at our ears until we take it with us. –Lenard D. Moore, author of A Million Shadows At Noon and past…

In Praise of An Augury of Birds In An Augury of Birds, Scott Owens assumes the role of the augur, taking the auspices, examining bird behavior with great deliberation and mindfulness. The task is not merely to observe but to insist we, too, become “a part of the flock,” we, too, engage in the nest…

Though Scott Owens wasn’t born and raised in Catawba County, you would never know it by his poetry—so intimately connected with our county that you see and feel the images all around you as you read. He loves our country roads, small-town shops, crazy Hickory streets, open vistas, and iconic landmarks. His poetry, complemented beautifully…

All In: A Novel of Love in Poetry is a brilliant and seamless look at the way two lives become one. Written like a novel in two voices the book eventually blends until the voices are one voice telling a story about time, survival and love. In a very real way we see how these…

In Prepositional Scott Owens highlights the preposition as a metaphor for shared humanity, and with an engaging playfulness, he explores human relationships and the world at large, drawing upon a rich mosaic of life experiences. Owens parses our connections, “As you are a part, I am a part,/and though we can be just one,/ we…

Reminiscent of the Childcraft Poems and Stories edition from the 1960s, this delightful book presents poetry in a fun, clever, and colorful way to attract even the most cynical young poetry reader. Separated into four sections–Curious About the Sky, Riddle Me This, A Few Haiku, and Worlds Enough Unfolding–Owens’ poetry dances around and through poetical…

“Anyone who has known and read Scott Owens’ prolific output of poetry over the past fifteen years is also aware that he takes his role as an artist and his place as a community activist seriously. This important collection finds him doing no less. While Sky Full of Stars and Dreaming is clearly set in…

In Counting the Ways, Scott Owens gives his readers a splendid and deeply moving exploration of both his own vision and the versatility of language. That this pairing is couched in the word and concept of ‘thirteen’ is neither accident or mistake, but a rich and rewarding voyage through language, symbol, darkness, and light delivered…

Down to Sleep immerses language in praise, as the voice of Scott Owens builds a symphony of creations unique among contemporary poets. Down to Sleep ebbs and edges dream and reality in a joyful awakening. Every poem makes me feel like a child again, even as age swings on dove wings settling on broken blades…

In this new book of poems, Scott Owens revisits many of the themes we have come to expect from him, often in the mode of the confessional, endlessly awakening the reader’s senses with a whole gallery of deep images. However, there is more, for this is the furthest Owens has descended into the well of…