num_pages: 179
description: Music, Poetry, and soul. Beaver Dam Rocking ChairMarathon is as much about Kentucky as it is about RonWhitehead. Seen from afar, Kentucky is a beautiful,harsh, and unforgiving land. Yet reveals a softunderbelly that is not often viewed by others who liveoutside of it. From a temperamental teen to asophisticated intellectual, Ron Whitehead reachesfurther into the present past to examine his life andlearn how his surroundings have made him into the manhe is today. About the AuthorRon's work has been exhibited round the world from NewYork City to Louisville to New Orleans to SanFrancisco and from India to Czech Republic to Italy toPortugal to Ireland to The Netherlands to Iceland andbeyond. The UN/UNESCO "Poetry On The Peaks" programselected The Dalai Lama/Ron Whitehead "Never Give Up"Published in Heaven message/poem Poster as its themefor 2002. 300 copies were sent to cities and mountaincommunities round the world.Ron has presented over 3,000 readings of his own work.His books include Beaver Dam Rocking Chair Marathon:fragments of a lost text: The Bone Man Saga, TheDeclaration of Independence This Time: Selected Poems1996-2000, I Will Not Bow Down: Selected Poems1990-1995. Blood Filled Vessels Racing To The Heart:Beyond Chaos is The Ocean of Consciousness, Eve &amp; TheOphidians: The Red Flower, Kokopelli. CD releasesinclude Tapping My Own Phone: poems and stories, IWill Not Bow Down. Ron has recently recorded forseveral new projects. Book and audio recordings areplanned for release.When not traveling Ron lives in Kentucky.
language: English
title: Beaver Dam Rocking Chair Marathon
titlecomplete: Beaver Dam Rocking Chair Marathon (Books 1 & 2)
genres: Poetry
ratings_count: 7
publisher: Wasteland Pr