Fossil Fuels poetry by jessica dawson - $10 if you cannot pay via paypal please feel free to email me about sending a money order or well-concealed cash here: vervebathpress(at)gmail(dot)com 8.5 x 5.5, recycled taupe brown fiber card stock 80#, faux bois cover image is hand stamped with rich cocoa fade-resistant, acid-free dye ink, numbered, stapled, 32 pgs, introduction by brien dawson, first impression of 100. REVIEWS: The luxury of sparse, yet poignant, writing is not a commodity most writers get to have at their brain-tips. "Fossil Fuels" is just one more example of Jessica Dawson's natural tenacity for such a style. It is lush in a sparing way. Conjures up stunning and surreal imagery that is subtly imprinted with fierce emotion. You can almost feel Brautigan's ghost chuckling to Jessica's song. It's confessional, while not seeming to be. Blended in such a way to make you forget to notice what is being done to you. A culling song crafted with the sweet, sweet poison of ink. It puts you down. But...READ MORE HERE... - Jason Neese of Kill Poet Press. - Bio:    Jessica Dawson is a modern-day Wendy. She lives in California with Peter Pan, a baby bear and a future supreme court justice. She's ecstatic to see her first book of poetry published by Verve Bath Press, and has had poems published in Thunder Sandwich, The Hold, Passenger May, killpoet, Words Dance, Remark., The Seed, MEAT, Triptych Haiku, Lit Vision, Mastodon Dentist, Nefarious Ballerina and Slurve Magazine. She reads the dictionary for fun, speaks only in degrees of sarcasm and enjoys owning her eight-year old in Scrabble.