This Side of the Dirt

About the Book

Birth, life, such as it is, suffering, misery, love-if your lucky- and death. These poems are about that. Although we all end up on the other side of the dirt, no one has ever reported back about that experience.

About the Author

Al Ferber got birthed involuntarily. Went to school involuntarily. Worked jobs involuntary. Followed rules & laws involuntary. Had wet dreams involuntary. Breaths involuntary. Writes & paints in order to keep from going bat shit crazy with unearthly passion. Loves with passion. Spent 30 years in prolonged failed suicide attempt with alcohol. Danced with bi-polar disorder involuntary all his life. Had 50 volumes of poems & 2 novels published. Lives with Cathi his more than tolerant wife of more than 36 years and Opal a greyhound who understands. American talk and can tell time to the minute.