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Grayson Books
is pleased to announce publication of
Dream Teaching: Poems by Edwin Romond
You can purchase Dream Teaching securely online at Amazon.com .
To obtain copies of Dream Teaching from the publisher, send a check for $12.00 for each book, plus a $2.50 shipping and handling fee for your order to:
Grayson Books Include your name, address, the number of copies you are ordering, and be sure to specify DREAM TEACHING as the book you are ordering. Reviews for Dream Teaching
The Washington DC Examiner columnist Erica Jacobs wrote about Dream Teaching Read the column here.
"Sometimes about his students, sometimes about teaching them and the people who've taught him, Ed Romond's poems explore with humor and poignancy the great classroom interplay that doesn't exist in any text or manual. At their best, his poems transcend the classroom and deftly move into the arena of the broadly human. Dream Teaching is a pleasure and Romond is the dream teacher most of us were not lucky enough to have."
— Stephen Dunn
"Romond's poetry doesn't create a romantic view of life in the classroom. For him, while information must be passed on to students, a larger message — like the humanity and compassion consistently found in his poetry — is written on the souls of his students.
— Charles H. Johnson
"Dream Teaching sings thanks to technical superiority and accessibility. The author builds crisp images on a framework of rhythmic language reminiscent of mid-20th century pastoral masters such as Robert Frost. Edwin Romond is a hidden gem."
— D. E. Kern
"Dream Teaching is a remarkable book about learning and teaching, teaching and learning. Romond's poems are so powerful that many times I had to put down his book and remember, "Yes, that it is the way it was." He not only has a sense of humor but compassion and the reader knows this is a rare bird at the head of the class. How lucky were his students!"
— Ruth Twichell Cochrane
"Romond's collection provides a beautifully real portrait of the career of English teacher with all its joys and uncertainties. I will keep Dream Teaching on my desk throughout the year for those times when I need to be reminded of the connection between wonder and hard work."
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— Bill Connolly "Dream Teaching" Poster
Designed and illustrated by Elaine Goodman, this is a 16 x 22 color poster suitable for framing. The poem, a celebration of a teacher's dream day at school, comes to life among delightful illustrations vividly presented on a background of blue sky and puffy clouds.
This poem has appeared in The English Journal, the college text books, Bridging English, and Writing for a Lifetime: Contemporary Readings from Popular Sources, and is also the title poem of Romond's new book from Grayson Books. Blue Mountain Time: New and Selected Poems about Baseball (2002)
"Throughout Blue Mountain Time the memories and discoveries are governed by the writer's finely-tuned ear, sense of imagery, and capacity for love - of the game, the language, and of his family. This is big league writing, poem after poem in this terrific little book. Please forgive the oxymoron - Romond has pitched a perfect game, hit after hit."
— BJ Ward Book Contributions
The Mysterious Life of the HeartSy Safransky, editor. The Sun Publishing Co.Romond's poem, "Alone with Love Songs," appears in this book. 
The Carriage House Poetry Series AnthologyMuse-Pie Press, Publisher73 Pennington Ave, Passaic, NJ 07055 ISBN: 978-0-918453-22-8 $12.00 + $3.00 Shipping Romond's poem, "Karate Warrior," appears in this book. 
Line Drives: 100 Contemporary Baseball PoemsBrooke Horvath and Time Wiles, editors. Southern Illinois University Press.Romond's poem, "Something I Could Tell You about Love," appears in this book. 
Wisdom of Our FathersTim Russert, Random House.Romond's prose memoir, "The Ticket," appears in this book. 
Essential Love: Poems about Mothers and Fathers, Daughters and SonsGinny Lowe Connors, editor. Grayson Books.Romond's poem, "Lost," appears in this book. 
Bridging EnglishJoseph O. Milner and Lucy F. Milner, editors. Prentice Hall.Romond's poem, "Dream Teaching," appears in this book. 
The Best of the Sun, Vol. IIISy Safransky, editor. The Sun Publishing Co.Romond's poem, "A Priest Calls on Sunday Night," appears in this book. 
In a Fine Frenzy: Poets Respond to ShakespeareDavid Starkey and Paul J. Willis, editors, University of Iowa Press.Romond's poem, "Lady Macbeth, Afterward," appears in this book. 
Star Child, A Mother's Journey through GriefJennifer J. Martin, iUniverse, Inc.Romond's poems, "Last Touch" and "Morning after a Student Dies," appear in this book. 
The Flexible WriterSusanna Rich. Longman.Romond's poem, "Crossing in Fog," appears in this book. 
Cooking for Harry: A NovelKay-Marie James, Ballentine Books.Romond's poem, "Last Touch," appears in this book. |
