Bronx Local - Paperback

by Jr. Patrick Hammer (Author)

Patrick Hammer Jr.'s poems invite us in to the wise and loving presence of his grandmother and transport us to the Bronx of the 1960s. Hammer's poems are imbued with a strong sense of place and time, filled with the sights, sounds, tastes and smells of his childhood. Through his vivid images we join him on this journey to yesterday.

Author Biography

Patrick Hammer has worked as an optical assistant, library page, market researcher, U. S. census taker, telephone operator, bank clerk, bookseller, and in newspaper advertising. On the poetry scene since the mid-70s, publishing widely in small literary magazines, Bronx Local is his eighth chapbook. He has been a member of the Bergen Poets in northern New Jersey; Workshop Leader for the Main Street Poets and Writers in his town of Fort Lee; Co-Leader for the Wild Angels Writers Group at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine; and currently is a member of the Parkside Poets and Riverside Poets, both of Manhattan. He is a Lay Episcopal Brother in the Order of Urban Missioners.