With the Dogstar as My Witness Author|Louise G. Barton "These poems give voice to

"These poems give voice to people just trying to have lives as others are trying to own and monetize them

Northridge (CSUN)

Lively and rewarding

' The song of his irresistible self sings to the poet in us all

There is no greater gift or message in life

With the Dogstar as My Witness Author|Louise G. Barton "These poems give voice toOrganized around the canonical prayer hours beginning in the evening and moving into morning (vespers compline vigils lauds) and set in an ethereal South Texas landscape the poems in John Fry's debut collection With the Dogstar as My Witness wrestle with theological and deeply personal concerns in language that is wrenched almost to breaking but which holds after all and forms a tapestry of (sometimes tortured) prayer. John Fry received an AB in