Poetry: This collection of poems by George T. Hole reflect his love of a blue collar city, rooted in an industrial past. Buffalo's grain elevators, built in the early 20th century, pepper the skyline. Twenty-three poems that embody the imagery of Red Jacket, the Buffalo skyway, and the poet's own life experiences will stimulate both thought and emotion.

Lackawanna mills -- Side-view mirror -- The shoelace sutra -- Two kinds of paintings -- Wind storm | Ice storm -- In Gauguin's painting it watches a reclining nude -- If he did not paint lying on his back, as the story goes -- While posing for my portrait -- Watermelon form the original garden -- Whispers -- The love of three oranges -- Three incarnations of the fly -- Angry he was -- Why man, why -- Achilles -- After hours -- Crows -- Defending the homeland -- Red jacket -- Four-faced Buddha -- Dust -- For jcjc -- My soul to take.